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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" <suzzy195806@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: susan2005@3xl.net
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:28:54 +0200
Subject: ABSOLUTE TRUST NEEDED
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 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 $42,000,000 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 come as a shock to me and my children, and we have decided to have this funds 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 here in south africa, hence we sincerely propose to you to render us your most needed assistance in this regard.
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 the Security firm.
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. Upon receiving your confirmation to visit the security company on my behalf, I will send to you the Certificate of Deposit and letter of authority to enable the security company release the funds to you on demand.
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.This is why I have communicated with you with my private and alternative email addresses, and I like us to keep this way,for the safety of this transaction.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
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS: <susan2005@3xl.net>
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