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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: "frank lanker" <franklanker_5@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:16:13 +0200
Subject: RE:CONTACT ME
No 13 VS2 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO, BURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
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Dear Partner,
My name is Dr.Frank Lanker, the Auditor General of a bank in Africa,I am
contacting you of a business transfer,of a huge sum of money from a deceased
account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any
one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you that everything has been well taken care off, I decided to contact you
due to the urgency
of this transaction.To ease your apprehension. The amount involved is (USD
$126M) One hundred and Twenty Six million United States Dollars, I want to
first transfer $26,000,000.00 [Twenty Six million United States Dollars]
from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I
don't know any foreigner.
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 of this important business trusting in you and believing in
God that you will never
let me down either now or in future.
I am the Auditor General of a bank in Africa,during the course of our
auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in
1990 and since 1993 till now 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. Howard Sweeney, a foreigner, and a sailor.
he died since 1993 till now no other person knows about this account or any
thing concerning it. The account has no other beneficiary andmy
investigation proved to me as well that Howard Sweeney until his death was
the manager Sweeney Coy.(pty). SA.
We will start the first transfer with Twenty Six million[26,000,000.00]
after and upon the
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment
of the remaining amount to your account, The amount involved is (USD $126M)
One hundred and Twenty Six million United States Dollars.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,never let me down.
With my influence and the position of the bank official, we can transfer
this money to any foreigner's with reliable account which you can provide
with assurance that this money will
be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.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.Personally, I kept this information secret within myself to
enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and successful during the time
of execution.
Due to my position in this country as a Govt servant, i am not llowed to
operate a foreign account.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.
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 of both parties
might have incurred during the proces of transferring.I look forward to your
earliest reply through my emaile.:
Sincerely,
Dr.Frank Lanker,
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