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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: dr paul mbeki <paulk_mbekih@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: privatembekih@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:39:39 +0100 (BST)
Subject: INFORMATION
FROM: DR.PAUL MBEKI (IICA) (PhD)
REGIONAL COMPUTING AUDITOR
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG BRANCH.(S G B)
Dear friend,
Greetings to you and everybody in your household.
Although this proposal might come to you as a surprise,
since it is from someone you do not know or have seen before,but it is with deep sense of commitment,honesty and maturity that i bring to your knowledge, this once in a life time transaction. Your assistance/partnership is needed.I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy.
I am Dr Paul Mbeki the director of operating foreign remmitance of (STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA)JOHANNESBURG BRANCH (SBG). I am writing this letter to ask for your assistance and coperation to carry out this transaction. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of (us$34 000 000)Thirty four million us dollars.In an account that belong to our foreign customer an american late engr daniel B jones who died along with the wife and children in kenya air bus (A310-300)flight kq430 in november 1997.since after his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money as the heir because we cannot release any money from the account unless someone applies for claims as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guide lines.
Unfortunately neither his family member nor distant relative has applied to claim the fund.Upon this discovery I have dicided to make business with you and release the total amount to you via a security company.Because according South African act and law of 1993 any account that has no valid claim after 15 years will be revert to goverment treasury, please note that this information is very confidencial. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve the payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later if you are able to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit.
With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's 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 documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I look forward to your earliest reply through my email address.I concluded to transfer this money overseas for proper invesment that will help me.
At the conclution of this business you will be given 50% and 50% is for me and my family.
Thanks and God bless you..
Yours faithfully
Dr Paul
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