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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: "Dept. of Minerals and Energy, South Africa." <tendersboardcommittee@treasury.gov.za> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:53:58 +0000
Subject: A sincere call.
My name is Ahmed Coulibally, an executive member of the South African tender's board committee of the Department Minerals and Energy. Upon recommendation, I wish to request your participation in a business transaction requiring strict confidentiality.
The intention of this letter is to ask for your co-operation in claiming a payment, which has been afloat in a suspense account of the Department. The source of this money now valued at US$4, 825, 750 million was an investment interest, purchased originally by one investor in 1973 and leased to the South African Department of Minerals and Energy. Since the maturity of the investment in September 1997, several attempts have been made to contact the Beneficiary or his next of kin or any of his closed relative in whose favour the cash valued of the investment can be paid without any success. Recent report by the government finally revealed that the Investor is deceased.
Sir, my colleagues and I are in charge of monies owed to overseas beneficiaries by the Ministry and we have initiated a process to file a claim for the matured cash valued US$4, 825, 750 million of the investment by the late Investor, in hopes of transferring the money overseas into your trust for us.
If we can come to an 'agreement', my partners can successfully initiate a claim for the US$4, 825, 750 million claiming that you are a relative of the deceased and that you are appointed heir beneficiary of his investments. If the claim is approved, you will be paid the total sum of the cash investment.
Sir, be rest assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about with respect to this claim, it is perfectly safe with no risk involved. It is secured from further inquires, as the tenders board committee is given the powers by the laws of the Republic of South Africa to investigate and verify claims for the payment to overseas beneficiaries. Upon our recommendation, your claim will be approved for onward payment to you. You will not be required to travel to South Africa to process the claim yourself; my colleagues will handle all relevant issues on your behalf.
The money will be paid into an over sea's bank account that you will nominate. Consequently, for assisting us, at the end of the transaction your share will be 25% of the total sum. 70% will our share and it will be under your trust pending viable investment opportunities available to us. I will meet you in your country to ensure that our 70% is secured. The remainder 5% will be kept aside to settle every expenses incident to this transaction. I strongly assure you that we are in the position to make this payment possible pending we have your full co-operation and guarantee that our money will be safe in your possession.
As public servant in our country, we cannot transfer monies overseas in our names or company names and we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts. Therefore, please treat the business in strict confidentiality. I do hope that my proposal is acceptable to you. I am using this opportunity to write you because I am currently in Europe on government sponsored trade mission but will be going back to South Africa shortly. Please you can reach me at the above email address. I urgently anticipate your quick reply.
After hearing from you, I shall bring you to a better understanding of this great opportunity and inform you about the information needed from you, to file the claim and conclude the payment transfer to you.
Please this letter is for your eyes only and I plead for your complete confidentiality and secrecy about this transaction for we are highly placed officers in my country. I will greatly appreciate if you would send your response to my private and confidential mail box: ahmed_coulibally2004@excite.com <mailto:ahmed_coulibally2004@excite.com>
Sincerely yours,
Ahmed Coulibally
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