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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 Alan D. Toit" <alandutoit@zipmail.com.br> (may be fake)
Reply-To: alandutoit1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 12:44:57 +0100
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
Dear Sir/madam,
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my colleagues. Your information were given to me by a member of the South African Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the Black Economic Empowerment Commission (Government) delegation on a trip to the West for bilateral conference talk to encourage foreign investors.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in execution of a deal hereunder for the benefit of all parties, and hope you will keep it confidential because of the nature of this business.
Within the Department of Mineral & Energy (DME) where I work as the Director of Project Implementation, with co-operation of two other top officials, we have in our possession, an overdue payment in US funds.
The said funds represent certain percentage of the contract value executed on behalf of my department by a foreign contracting firm.Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed the amount i will disclose to you upon the receipt of your response.
The Government of the Republic of South Africa believe that private investment in general, and foreign direct investment in particular, are the real engines for sustainable economic development, for which reason it has continued to encouraged investment in the key growth-oriented sector of Mining with sincere determination to pay foreign contractors all debts owed to them, so as to continue to enjoy close relationship, and mutually beneficial co-operation with foreign governments and non-governmental financial agencies.
As a result we included our bills for approvals with the co-operation of some officials at the Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RBSA). We are seeking your assistance to be the beneficiary of the unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to operate foreign account. The changing of beneficiary's information/ details and other forms of ocumentation upon application for claim to reflect the contract money and its approvals will be secured on behalf of your company or your self.
It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of the nature described here. The assumption is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it to other companies. More often than not, big trading companies and firms of unrelated fields win major contracts, and subcontract to more specialized firms for execution.
This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost confidentiality. Also your specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this mutual beneficiary transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint us.
Kindly notify me for further details, via my private email , upon your acceptance of this proposal.
Upon the receipt of your response, we will discuse the scope of the transaction and work out an agreement on the sharing pattern.
Thank you very much and I look forward to a very fruitful relationship with you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Alan D. Toit
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