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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: "Dino Makeba" <dmakeba@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 17:37:22 +0200
Subject: The Proposal - Urgent
MR. DINO MAKEBA
5 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO'BORG
SOUTH AFRICA.
Attn: Zoran O.N.Filipovic
Dear Sir,
Ref: TRANSFER OF ($ 152,000.000.00 USD ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
TWO MILLION DOLLARS)
We want to transfer to overseas ($ 152,000.000.00 USD)One hundred and Fifty
two million United State Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa, I want to
ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be
capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a
new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve
to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end
for this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you
will never let me down either now or in future.
I am MR. DINO MAKEBA.the Auditor General of prime Banks, during
the course of our auditing I Discovered a floating fund in an
account opened In the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has
Operated on this account again, after going through some old
files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without
a [heir] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of this account is Mr.
Allan P.Seaman, a foreigner, and an industrialist, and he died since 1993.
And no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other Beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that Allan P. Seaman until his death was the manager Diamond Safari [pty].
SA.
We will start the first transfer with fifty two million [$52,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account, The
amount involved is (USD152M) One hundred and Fifty two million United States
Dollars, only I want to first transfer $52,000.000 [fifty two million United
States Dollar from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before
the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,
without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to
any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and
foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the
a/c Mr. Allan P. Seaman is a foreigner too, [and the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together I got your
contact address through Internet when I?m looking for person or company who
will assist me, I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will
never let me Down in this business, you are the first and the only person
that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I
will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private
telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be
used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign
a binding agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money
to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly to
your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine. because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this
account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am
convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key
bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I need your
strong assurance that you will never, neverlet me down.
With my influence and the position of the bank official we can
transfer this money to any foreigner?s reliable account which
you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.The
bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence you
can come immediately to discuss with me face to face after which I will make
this remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to your country at
least two days ahead of the money going into the account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear
from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in
your account. I will use my position and influence to obtain
all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your
account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries
and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of
the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for
expenses both parties might have incurred during the process
of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply .
Yours truly
MR. DINO MAKEBA
Email: makeba@innoport.com , dmakeba@hotmail.com
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