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Fraud email example:
From: "Mandy Gantsho" <mandla2@alexandria.cc>
Reply-To: mandla500@myway.com
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:40:49 GMT
Subject: I NEED YOUR REPLY
#18/20 John Howard Close, JO, BORG
SOUTH AFRICA.
RE: TRANSFER OF ($18,000.000.00 USD EIGHTEEN MILLION
US DOLLARS)
Hellow!
I want to transfer to overseas ($18,000.000.00 USD) Eighteen Million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank here in South Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me. I am Mr.Mandla Gantsho, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in our bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this account,after going through some old files and records I discovered that the owner of the account died without an [heir] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account is Mr. William U. Smith, a foreigner, and an industrialist. He died since 1993 and no 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 Mr. William U. Smith until his death was the manager of EagleEye [pty]. SA.
We will start the first transfer with Nine (9) million [$9,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account. I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here. We will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together in this transaction as soon as you indicate your interest. So please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take.
The management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable. With my influence and the position in the bank, we 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.
I will use my influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.
Please, reply urgently giving me the following information:
(a) Your expected Compensation in percentage of
capital/Income derived from Total Invested capital.
(b) Annual percentage tax on capital income in your country.
(c) Inflation rate in your country.
I look forward to your earliest reply as soon as possible to enable me to know the next step to take for immediate transfer into your account.And moreso,urgently forward your phone number to me so that i can call you immediately and detail you regards to the reflection of this FUND into your account.
Regards,Mr.Mandla Gantsho.
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