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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: "Paul Mabuza" <paulm_online03@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 03:55:58 +0200
Subject: PERSONAL
FROM THE DESK OF:
ENGR. PAUL MABUZA
DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS & ENERGY
NESLSON MANDELA BUILDING
PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA.
DIRECT TEL: +27 -73- 571 4080
DIRECT FAX: +27 -11-507 6944
Dear Friend,
URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my
colleagues. Your particulars were given to me by a member of the South
Africa Export Promotion Council (S.E.P.C) who was with the federal
government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition. 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 top secret because of the nature of this business.
I am ENGR.PAUL MABUZA, Director Of Project Implementation, South Africa
Department of Minerals & Energy I am making this contact with you, based on
the committee's need for an individual/company who is willing to assist us
in the execution of this business. Within the Department of Minerals &
Energy, where I work as a Director of the Project Implementation and
with the good co-operation of four other top officials, we have in our
possession
as over due payment bills, totaling Twenty One Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars (US$21,500,000) Which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and co-operation of A Foreign Company/individual
to receive the said funds on our behalf. More so, we are handicap in
these circumstances, as the South African Civil Services code of conduct
does not
allow us to operate an offshore account. Hence your importance in this
transaction.
This amount $21.5Million represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my ministry by a Foreign Contracting Firm, which we
the Officials over invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost
has been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the
tune of the said amount, which we have in principles gotten approval to
remit by Key
Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T). to any Foreign Bank Account you will
provide by filing an Application through the Ministry Of Justice 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 you should be
willing to assist us in this transaction, your share of the sum is 30% of
the $21.5Million, 60% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses
and remaining 5% will be for charity organization. The transaction it
self is 100% safe, on your part provided you treats 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. I want to assure you that
my partner and myself are in the position to make the payment of this claim
possible, provided that you can give us a very strong assurance and
guarantee that the funds will be secured and please, remember to treat this
matter very confidential, because we will not comprehend with any form
of exposure as we are still in active Government service. Please, reply me
on my confidential email address: paulmonline02@yahoo.com or call / fax your
response directly to my. Tel: 27-73-714080 OR Fax No.:27-11-507 6944. Once
again, remember that time is of great essence in this transaction. I wait
in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Thank you for your
co-operation.
Yours Faithfully,
ENGR. PAUL MABUZA
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