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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: "Johnson Mathew" <mathamathew1001@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:07:08 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
From the Desk of: Mr.Mathabule Johnson. B Sc (CTU) M. Sc,
Director, Project Implementation
CONFIDENTIAL TEL: 27- 736068527
EMAIL ADDRESS:macjohnson1001@hotmail.com
ATTENTION
I am Mr.Mathabule Johnson, a Native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive
Accountant 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.
Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council
(SAEPC)
who was at the Government delegation to your country during a trade
exhibition
gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me. 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 a top
secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an
director
and with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in our
possession
as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty-Seven Million, One Hundred Thousand
united states dollars (US$27,100,000.00) 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$27.1m) 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 30%
of
the US$27.1 million, 60% for us and 10% 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 secured tel/fax number 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.
Kindly establish your response directly by telephone or EMAIL
:macjohnson1001@hotmail.com ,to the committee's representative whose name
appears
below. We wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Mathabule Johnson (Mr.)
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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