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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: jacob mbulezi <jmbulezi@alvilag.hu>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 23:45:12 +0200
Subject: Mutual Benefits
From: - Engr. Jacob Mbulezi.
Department Of Minerals And Energy,
Pretoria, South Africa.
Private Email: jmbulezi@teenmail.co.za
Good Morning,
I am Engr. Jacob Mbulezi, a Native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am a Director of Projects with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural Resources. First and foremost, I apologized 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.
I am making this contact with you based on my committee's need foreign individual or a company who is willing to assist us with a funds transfer. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here under 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 a director and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Nineteen Million, One Hundred Thousand united states dollars (US$19,100,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf into a reliable company/individual account depending on your convenience.
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 the whole transaction. This amount (US$19.1m) 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 approval to remit by Key Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account 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 25% of the US$19.1 million, 70% for us and 5% 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 my email whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable me contact other 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.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation. I am available on my email to entertain any questions concerning the clarity of this transaction. Send your secured telephone and fax numbers for further details upon your acceptance of this proposal,this will enable me to call and fax all details for your undestanding before we commence.
Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.
Best Regards,
Jacob Mbulezi. (Engr.)
NB: Please do reach me via my private email (jmbulezi@teenmail.co.za)
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