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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: stevenmontonga1@googlemail.com
Reply-To: stevenmontonga@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:54:09 +0200
Subject: APPEAL FOR ASSISSTANCE
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20 BOTHA CRESCENT,
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRIACA
MD/CEO,
APPEAL FOR ASSISSTANCE
I am Steven Motonga a Bank Manager at AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
(ABSA).
First and foremost, I apologize using this medium to reach you for a
transaction / business of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality
and prompt access reposed on this medium. I seek confidential co-operation
with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of
all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature
of this transaction.
There is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 1998 nobody has
operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the
records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is MR. SAMUEL
CARTER , a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession and he died since 1998.
No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount
involved is (USD$35,000,000M) thirty five million United States Dollars.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the
account is MR. SAMUEL CARTER a foreigner too.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the
full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to protect the
interest of both partners in the deal. I am contacting you because of the
need to involve a foreigner with foreign account as the beneficiary.
I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make
mistake, so I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in
the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account,
which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all
documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace
to any place.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 70% will be for me.
I look forward to your earliest reply
Yours truly,
Steven Montonga
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