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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: "james corsa" <jamescorsa_004@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:56:42 +0200
Subject: FROM:Dr.JAMES CORSA
Dr.JAMES CORSA
FROM:Dr.JAMES CORSA
TEL: +27-73-3744-720
Email: drjamescorsa@hotmail.com
REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER
In my quest for a reliable and trusted partner for a highly important and
lucrative venture cum investment, I came across your contact as a reliable
partner for this venture.
I am DR.JAMES CORSA, one of the senior Accountants of AMALGAMATED BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). To highlight you on this proposal, there is an account
opened in this bank since 1980 till 1990 after which, nobody has operated on
this account again till date. After going through some old files in the
records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Ben
Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession who died since 1990. No other person knows about this
account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation further proved to me that his company does not know
anything about this account and the amount involved as he made it his
personal account. The money outstanding before his death was (USD 26
Million) Twenty Six Million United States Dollars.
I am now contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved
to a national with a local bank account here. But can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner,
a foreigner. I implore you to act as foreigner and bneficiary to the fund as
I will then intimate you on the processes abound as well as procure all the
necessary documents required to lay claim to the money. If you are capable
and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according
to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit I shall highly
appreciate. I need trusted person in this business because I do not want to
make mistakes; I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now
in the office I can effect transfer of this money to any foreigner's
reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending my arrival in your country for disbursement. On the
alternative, you can come down here to South Africa for us to meet one to
one after which I will effect the remittance in your presence and two of us
will then proceed to your country, at least two days ahead of the money
prior to it's reflect into the account as provided by you.
Send me your private telephone and fax numbers upon receipt of this
proposal, if you genuinely want to assist and be a co-partner. I will also
want us to meet face to face, to enable us sign a binding agreement. As soon
as you receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your
choice where the fund will be safe. I will proceed to your country for
onward percentage distributions and investment. I need your full
co-operation to make this work 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 immediately we you show's your intreasted.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, for your assistance, 25% of the total amount will be accrue for
you, 70% for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have
incurred during the process of the transfer.
I implore you to maintain the absolute confidentiality of this transaction.
Your earliest response is urgently awaited.
Truly Yours,
Dr.JAMES CORSA
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