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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: "DR JOHNSON ZUMAH" <drjohnsonzumah37@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:47:52 +0200
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
FROM THE DESK OF Dr. Johnson Zumah.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)
CAPETOWN REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE +27839885219
Dear Friend,
I am the AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA) here in Cape Town Republic of South Africa. In my department we discovered an abandoned Sum Of US$15.5m dollars (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US DOLLARS) in an account that Belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane Crash.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
Next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
It unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the
Deceased
As indicated in our banking guiding and laws, but unfortunately we
Learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside
with him At the Plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this
Business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
Kin or Relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since Nobody Is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank Treasury As unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
Remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be transferred into
The Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next
of Kin in This business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a Foreigner And a South African cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree That 30% Of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a Foreign Account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the
Business And 60% would be for me Thereafter; I will visit your country for Disbursement according to the percentage indicated therefore, to enable The Immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged, you must apply First to The Bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your Bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax Number For easy and effective communication and location where-in the money Will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email The Text of the application.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is Hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
Arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Johnson Zumah. (ABSA)
TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENCIAL
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