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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: alexbrown5@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:49:13 +0200
Subject: ASSIST ME
Mr.Alex Brown.
Imperial Bank.
140 Boeing Road East
Elma Park Edenvale
Gauteng 1610
Republic Of South Africa.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Mr. Alex Brown.., Head: Enterprise Wide Risk and member of the executive
and risk committees. of Imperial Bank,South Africa.This is an urgent and
very confidential business proposition.
On June 6, 2000,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South African
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr.Williams Mitchell made a numbered
of
time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$26,500,000.00,(Twenty-six
Million, five hundred thousand Dollars).
Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Williams
Mitchell died from an automobile accident. On further investigation,I found
out that he died without making a "WILL",and all attempts to trace his next
of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Williams Mitchell
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$26,500,000.00 has
carefully been fixed in my bank for safekeeping. No one will ever come forward
to claim it.According to South African Law, at the expiration of 5 (five)years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies
to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand
in as the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in my bank. I am
writing you because I as a public servant,i cannot operate a foreign account.
I want you to present yourself as the owner of the funds so you can be able
to claim them with the help of my attorney. This is simple,please in your
responce to this mail I will like you to provide immediately your full names
and address so that the Attorney can start preparing the necessary documents
which will put you in place as the beneficiary of the funds.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and
30% for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and
Upon your response,I shall then provide you with more details that will
help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in real estate within your country.
Due to the nature of confidentiality in this Transaction our communicationcan
only be via email and fax mostly.
Awaiting your urgent reply via email.
Thanks and my regards.
Mr. Alex Brown.
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL:alexbrown2004@excite.com
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