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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:41:53 +0200
Subject: EXTREMELY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
>From Mr. Philip AbbeyExternal Auditor attachedto a Bank in South-Africa Compliments, with genuine, sincere intentions I seek to make contact with you and acquaint myself with you for mutual benefit towards overcoming a dilemma regarding certain funds left behind in an investment account by a deceased client of a Bank here in South-Africa. I have contacted you for the following reasons; [1] I cannot invest this money on my own without the assistance of a foreigner[2] As an official I cannot enter claims of this money in my name as it must be released to a foreign partner/foreign beneficiary.[3]The amount is claimable with submission of application claims forms.[4] The committee responsible for giving approval has a mandate to release dormant funds.[5] Please if not interested, delete this message in order to safeguard this money; this is why I have not given the Bank name, or name of the deceased next of kin.
FACTS OF THIS PROPOSAL
The sum of money involved in this dormant account is £5,218,140.25 (FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY BRITISH POUND)/ US$10,227,555.00 (TEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). I have been opportuned to be working as an external auditor when I came across this account with a substantial deposit in foreign currency which has not been claimed for some years.I sent out notices for claims of this money and the embassy informed me that the owner, a foreigner passed away during the Zimbabwean crisis and was a farmer who was assassinated when his farm was taken over, this man had no family and left no beneficiary information.
This money if it is not claimed will be turned over to the Treasury if someone does not claim it. Hence my decision to contact you is to know your interest in this proposal, so that I can present you as the next of kin to this deceased customer.
It is required that an application for claims be entered and approval given within 10 days so this money can be transferred to your overseas account, there is no risk involved because I will lay the necessary groundwork and you will provide the overseas account to receive this money upon approval. If this money is not claimed within the next 2 months, it will be taken to the Treasury and both of us can work together to avoid this, because your country has good investment climate, this money can be invested in your country than allowing corrupt government officials to have access to it. I will inform you of your percentage after I receive a favourable and positive feedback from you. Please contact me by email only for now with the following details; [1] Your Names [2] Telephone and Fax numbers, I will get in touch with you afterwards; this proposal is for Mutual Financial Benefit and not to mis-lead you. Thank you and Best Regards, Mr. Philip Abbey
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