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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: "dav" <djajulo@handbag.com>
Reply-To: davidjones5500@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:22:42 +0100
Subject: RE; Your attention
STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
DAVID J.AJULO
SOUTH AFRICA.
Dear Sir/madam,
It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on
behalf of my colleagues.
Your information were given to me by a member of the
South African Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was
with the Black Economic Empowerment Commission (Government)
delegation on a trip to the United States during a bilateral
conference talk to encourage foreign investors.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in execution
of a deal hereunder for the benefit of all parties, and hope you will keep
it confidential because of the nature of this business.
Within the Department of Mining Resources where I work as the Director
of Project Implementation, with co-operation of two other top officials,
we have in our possession, an overdue payment in US Dollar funds.
The said funds represent certain percentage of the contract value
executed on behalf of my Ministry by a foreign contracting firm,
which we the officials over-invoiced to the amount of US$28,400,000.00
(Twenty eight Million, Four Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars).
Though the actual contract cost has been paid to the
original contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed.
The Government of the Republic of South Africa believe
that private investment in general, and foreign direct investment
in particular, are the real engines for sustainable economic
development, for which reason it has continued to encouraged investment in
the key growth-oriented sector of Mining with sincere determination to pay
foreign contractors all debts owed to them, so as to continue to enjoy
close relationship, and mutually beneficial co-operation with foreign
governments and non-governmental financial agencies.
As a result we included our bills for approvals with the co-operation of
some
officials at the Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South
Africa (RBSA).
We are seeking your assistance to be the beneficiary of the unclaimed
funds, since we are not allowed to operate foreign
account.
The changing of beneficiary's information/ details and other forms of
documentation upon application for claim to reflect the contract money and
its approvals will be secured on behalf of your company or your self.
I have the authority of my colleagues involved to propose that, should you
be willing to assist us in this transaction your share as compensation will
be 20% while my colleagues and I
shall receive 70%, and the balance of 10% shall be used to reimburse all
expenditures, taxes and miscellaneous expenses so incurred.
It does not matter whether or not your company does
contract projects of the nature described here. The assumption is that your
company won the major contract and subcontracted it to other companies.
More often than not, big trading companies and firmsof unrelated fields win
major contracts, and subcontract to morespecialized firms forexecution.
This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with utmost
confidentiality. Also your specialization is not a hindrance to the successful
execution of this mutual beneficiary transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
us.
Kindly notify me for further details, upon your acceptance of this proposal.
Regards,
David J. ajulo
___________________________________________________________
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