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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: "t senoa02" <t_senoa02@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:08:25 +0200
Subject: TRANSFER OF US26, 000,000,00.
FROM: MRTAU SENOA,
PRIVATE EMAIL:t_senoa02@hotmail.com
JOHNNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
Attn:Sir,
In order to transfer out (USD 26 M) Twenty six million United States
Dollars) from AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). I have the courage to
ask you to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for
this important business believing that you will never let me down either now
or in future.
I am Mr. TAU Senoa, the Chief auditor of Amalgamated Bank Of South Africa
(ABSA). There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1999
nobody has operated on this account again. 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.Smith B.Andreas, a foreigner, and miner at Kruger Gold co., a geologist
by profession and he died since 1999.No other person knows about this
account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know
anything about this account and the amount involves is (USD26 M) twenty six
million United States Dollars million dollars.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account is
Mr.Smith Andreas he is a foreigner too. I know that this message will come
to you as a surprise as we don’t know ourselves before. We will sign an
agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
I only got your contact address from my secretary, who operates computer,
with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. You
are the only person that I have contacted in this business; so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send
also your private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of
the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face or
sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this
money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund
will be safe. And I will fly to your country to withdrawal and sharing and
other investment.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreign account and
foreign beneficiary. 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 later
immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle that amount in
strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advise for our
mutual in my life. I need trustful person in this business because I do not
want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust.
With my position now in my office I can transfer this money to any foreigner
as reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money
will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I
will destroy all document of transaction immediately we received this money
leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me face to
face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us
will fly to your country at least to days ahead of the money going into the
account.
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 us 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, you will
be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for
expenses both parties might be have incurred during the process of
transferring.
I look forward to your reply please.
YOURS TRULY,
MR TAU SENOA.
NB: PLEASE FURNISH ME WITH YOUR PRIVATE FAX AND PHONE FOR EASY CONTACT AND
SECURITY REASONS
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