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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: "Mr. Geoff Zulauf" <geo_zu20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrgeozu4@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:59:38 +0200
Subject: Biz. Introduction From: Mr. Geoff.......Reply Back..
Hello,
My name is Mr. Geoff Zulauf, I am the operational manager in account
management section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime
banks here in South Africa. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of
my bank who perished with his whole families on 18TH JULY 2003 in KENYAN
PLANE CRASH with the whole passengers aboard.
There is an account opened in this bank in 2000 by this great late
INDUSTRIALIST who died without a written or oral 'WILL' attached to the
account. Since his death, I personally has watched with keen interest to see
the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his
funds and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the
manager of his company.
The total amount involved is 116,000,000.00 USD.[One Hundred and Sixteen
Million United States Dollar]. We wish to start the first transfer with
$16,000,000.00 [Sixteen Million] and upon successful transaction without any
disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the transfer of the
remaining balance to your account.
I have secretly discussed this matter with the general manager of the bank
who I must involve in order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of
the fund to any foreign bank account, which you are going to nominate. On
this note, I decided to seek for a reliable foreigner who will act as the
foreign beneficiary of the fund from the deceased by providing his/her bank
account where the fund will be transferred for immediate investment on any
viable project as no one has come up to be the next of kin.
The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than three
years without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government
treasury as unclaimed after this long period of dormancy.
In view of this I got your contact through my personal search to see if you
can assist by providing your safe bank account for the transfer or find a
reliable person who will be capable of receiving such amount in his or her
personal account. At the conclussion of the transfer 60% of the fund will be
for me, I will give you 25% of the total transfer sum, 10% for charity both
in Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to
settle expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process.
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you detailed information
about the transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is 100% risk and trouble free and that you should not entertain any
fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9
banking days, after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the fund
from the deceased.
When you receive this letter. Kindly send me e-mail or you can call me or
fax me. You should also include your private fax and phone numbers for easy
and safe communication.
Tel: 874-762864166
: 874-762864167
Fax: 874-762864168
Respectfully yours,
Mr. Geoff Zulauf.
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