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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: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:07:53 -0500
Subject: Re: Business offer to moel_Michael_De
ATTN: Letter to moel_Michael_De
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't know each other before; your contact is courtesy of Business online network via Internet as I decided to contact you. Please moel_Michael_De for the purpose of introduction, I am Mr. James Zuma, Chief Auditor of FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (FNB). Headquarter here in Johannesburg South Africa . There is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 2004 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.TONY.RAYMOND, from the United States of America , and a miner at Kruger gold company here in South Africa. , a geologist by profession and he died since Nov 12th 2001. ( http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/11/12/newyork.crash) No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary an!
d my
investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD18M) {EIGHTEEN 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 I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. 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 through an Attorney. This agreement will enable us establish trust in this transaction because you are the one who will provide an account were this money will be transferred into. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you as soon as we proceed immediately, if you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.
I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake, 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. You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, and while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply through my private & confidential email account: in all please keep this transaction confidential until we transfer the money out from bank.
Please send your response to the two email addresses jameszuma1@sify.com and jameszuma1@starmail.co.za afterwards, fax the same reply to secure fax number at +44 870 9740162 . Endeavour to give me a call also at satellite phone number +44 7031869694 after you have done so. In your response kindly include your mobile phone number and fax number and a detailed reply. We need to ensure smooth and effective communication).
Yours truly,
Mr. James Zuma
Chief Auditor
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (FNB)
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