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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: "MRS SUSAN SHABANGU" <susanshabangu1@handbag.com>
Reply-To: susanshabangu1@sify.com
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 23:12:25 +0100
Subject: Mrs. Susan Shabangu
From: Mrs. Susan Shabangu
Greetings to you,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,and I hope this
mail meets you in good time.
However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we
have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask
that you take due consideration of its importance and the immense
benefit it will be to you.
After careful consideration with my children, we resolved to contact
you for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly apologize
for infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to
you, as I make this proposal to you as a person of integrity.I got
your contacts through my personal research through the internet and
out of desperation decided to reach you through this medium.
First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name
is Mrs. Susan Shabangu, mother of three and the Deputy Minister of
Minerals and Energy of The Republic of South Africa for seven years I
will now give you a general overview of the situation. When I was
sworn in as Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy in 1996, with my
influence, my husband Mr. Ndelebe Simon Shabangu a very successful
businessman was awarded several contracts in my ministry and had
direct dealings with foreign investors in this field.
Due to my political status, I was not involved in my husbands business
which was very vast and successful. My beloved husband died whilst on
an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in February 2001.
YOU CAN GO THROUH MY WEB SITE:
www.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066
When my husband died, I was contacted as next of kin by a private
security firm in Europe to come forth with the Certificate of Deposit
and claim a safety deposit my husband has in their Vault in his name.
At that time, my children and I did not have an idea where the
Certificate might be.
We then instructed the security firm to continue holding the safety
deposit until further instructions from me. Whilst preparing for the
second remembrance of my beloved husband, I was going through his
library collection and to my astonishment I discovered a Certificate
of Deposit for the safety deposit with this private security firm, and
other documents relating to the safety deposit in a book.
The safety deposit which is in a trunk box, is stocked with hard
currency (US Dollars) totalling $32,000,000 which was generated from
cash payments from his business
associates in the diamond trade from Antwerp,Belgium.Though I knew my
late husband was in the diamond business, I did not have the knowledge
that he moved funds in cash. This has came as a shock to me and my
children, and we have decided to have this fund invested immediately
in commercial and residential properties abroad as well as profitable
ventures, as any member of my family cannot hold such a huge amount in
our name due to my political status, hence we sincerely propose to you
to render us your most needed assistance in this regard.
YOUR ROLE IN THIS BUSINESS.
If you agree to render us your assistance, your role in this project
will be to act on my behalf as a trustee to receive the safety deposit
containing the funds from theSecurity firm. Though I believe this
transaction should be based on mutuality,
For your reliable assistance, we are offering you 20% of the funds. I
thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance in enabling us
achieve this goal. On hearing from you, I will forward to you the full
details of this transaction and the certificate of deposite as well as
the contact of the security compnay in Europe.
I will be working with you for a mutual conclusion of the process and
I look forward to a long lasting business relationship with you. As
you may understand, due to my sensitive position in the present
government, it is not safe to communicate with me via phone or fax for
now.This is why I have communicated with you with my private
email:susanshabangu1@sify.com
address. Whether or not you are interested in assisting us please let
us know.This will enable us make alternative plans, in the event of
non-interest on your part.
With warm regards,
Mrs. S. Shabangu
PLEASE COPY REPLY TO susanshabangu1@sify.com
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