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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: martins_jabo01@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 10:42:07 -0800
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT
From : MR.MARTINS JABO
67 Booysens road Ophinton
Johannesburg,
Tel: +27-724-361-055
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please I know you will be suprise to receive this mail, My name is MR.MARTINS JABO,
from Gauteng Province, South
Africa. I reside presently at 67 Booysens road Ophinton Johannesburg
South Africa, I got your Contact address from CENTRE FOR GLOBAL INTEGRATION South Africa
I Strongly trusted my instinct when I decided to divulge this sensitive and
highly confidential information to you, even when my wife thinks otherwise. and I sincerely
hope you will be reliable, trusted and God-fearing enough to execute this transaction with
me successfully for our benefits.
Iam a banker by profession, working with ABSA BANK Johannesburg,
I was at work one morning in December, 2000, when A top management staff of Gold mining
company whom approached me Introduced himself as Mr. Johannes Davidson and went ahead
to say that he had come to me because I helped him on few occasions to either withdraw or
deposit cash in the Bank.
He subsequently appealed to me to assist him to safely transfer
from the Mining Company’s account to his new private account with
the Bank where I work, the sum of $21.7m This amount the man admitted
to me was in the staff welfare fund which has not been used for 11 years
and therefore wanted to convert this sum to his private account, After a
careful study of the possibility of the transaction,and putting into
considering that the man was the chief accountant of the company.
I was satisfied, that there was little or no risk involved,
We successfully executed the plan without a hitch within seven days,
Unfortunately for Mr. Davidson he fell a victim of high spate of crime
that Characterized South African society then, he was attacked at his
residence by armed robbers and was shot dead on December 30th, 2000,barely
one week after this transaction.
Having waited for over 5years,I carried out a private and a quiet
Investigation and discovered that iam the only person who knows about
this Account and its details. As a professional banker of many years of
experience, I have concluded a watertight master plan how to transfer this
money to a foreign account from where I will invest it. It is at this
juncture that I write and humbly solicit for your candid cooperation to
facilitate the transfer by sending me you personal details, which will
include, your contact address, name etc.
The transfer of this money to your account would take 7 to 14 working
Days after which25% of the total sum would be yours 75% mine. Please I implore you to treat this with utmost confidentiality, and i urgently await your reply to this Mail or call me on the telephone number: +27-83-3929-440 for any information or details you wish to know.
YOURS FAITHFULLY
MR MARTINS JABO
THANKS FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.
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