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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: barristermaxwell@workmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:00:25 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT
BUSINESS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT
NO 30 ADAMS ST ROSE BANK,
SUITE 4 15th FLOOR MANNERS MANSIONS,
ROSE BANK, SOUTH AFRICA.
DEAR Sir/ Madam
It is my privilege to capture your names from the internet. My name is
BARRISTER MAXWELL MBATHA a legal practitioner and the personal Attorney
to late Mr. Razel mohammed, a nationality of your country who died
along with his wife and his Two sons in a ghastly motor accident along Port
louis-Reduit express in August 13.2004 with all the occupants in the
vehicle lost their lives.
I am convinced that it was the grace of God that made me to locate you.
My client was a successful and accomplished family man, who made enough
fortune before his untimely death. Since then I had made several
inquiries through your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relative
but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.
After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
through the Internet, to locate any member of his family not much
progress was recorded. My late client was an influential wealthy businessman,
a Gold magnet here in South Africa and he left behind a deposit of
fifteen Million United States Dollar ($15 000,000.00USD) in his domiciliary
bank account in a commercial bank here in South Africa.
After the death of my client his bankers contacted me, as his Attorney
to provide his next of kin who should inherit his fortune. The board of
directors of his bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated to
provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within 28 working days
or forfeit the money to the bank as an abandoned property. The bankers
had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of 1996 to
confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given to me.
I therefore, decided to contact you with these facts before me because
of the situation now. By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his
immediate family, I am very much aware of my client financial standing
ground and the banks account he operates. I have reasoned very
professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next
of kin of my deceased client, so that you can be paid the funds left in
his bank account, hence I contacted you. I seek your consent to present
you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since you are at an advantage as
nationals from the same country, so that the proceeds of this Bank
Account valued at $15 Million Dollars can be paid to you. We shall both
share the funds. 55% for me and 40% for you, while 5% should be for
Expenses or Tax as your Government may require, I shall assemble all the
necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up our claim .All I
require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I
guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of law. Please get in touch with
me on the email address above.
Best Regards,
BARRISTER. MAXWELL MBATHA.
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