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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: pulekhumalo147@excite.com
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:09:28 +0200
Subject: LETS DO IT
FROM: PULE KHUMALO
TELE/FAX: +27-83-744-6447
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADD
pulekhumalo1471@hotmail.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
VERY CONFIDENTIAL.
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I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know each
other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am MR.PULE KHUMALO, the Auditor of
ALMAGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA).
There is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 1998 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 a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co.,
a geologist by profession and he died since 1998. 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 his company does not know anything about
this account and the amount involved is (US$D8.5M) Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a
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 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,If you deem necessary but be sure that it is real and a
genuine business. Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to
take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number 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 for withdrawal and sharing and other investments.
I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with 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 such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and
advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in
my life.
I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need
your strong assurance and trust. 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.
You can also come to discuss with me face to face,If pssible so you can handle
proceedings on your own with my guardians after which I will make arrangement to
travel your country at least two 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 use 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 30% of the total amount,
60% will be for me, and while 10% will be for expenses both parties might have
incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply
through my email pulekhumalo147@excite.com or pulekhumalo1471@hotmail.com or by
my Tel: 27-83-744-6447.
Yours truly,
MR. PULE KHUMALO.
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