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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: "Ebele Martins" <mrebmartins@handbag.com>
Reply-To: mrebelemartins@tsamail.co.za
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 03:18:14 -0800
Subject: Confidential and Urgent
Dear Sir,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
I am MR EBELE MARTINS , a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural
Resources.
First and foremost, I apologize using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business
of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed
on this medium. Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion
Council (SEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your country during
a trade exhibition gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an
director and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in
our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty-Seven Million, One
Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars (US$27,100,000.00) which we
want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a
foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable
foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are handicapped
in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service
Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence
your importance in the whole transaction.
This amount (US$27.1m) represents the balance of the total contract
value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm,
which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract
cost have been paid to the original contractor,
leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in
principles gotten payment allocation awaiting approval to remit by Direct
Telegraphic Wire Transfer to only a foreign bank account which you will provide
by filing in an application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa
for the transfer of rights
and privileges of the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be
30% of the US$27.1 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat
it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution
of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint me. Endeavor to contact me immediately through email
(alternative: mrebelemartins@tsamail.co.za),
whether or not you are interested in this deal. This will enable me open
discussion with other interested foreign partner with recommendation to carry
out this deal.
I want to assure you that myself and my partners are in a position to
make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong
assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and Please remember
to treat this matter as very confidential matter; because we will not comprehend
with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service and
remember once again that time is of the essence in this business opportunity.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
MR Ebele Martins
___________________________________________________________
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