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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: "Maxwell Tambo. (Dr.)" <maxwelltambo@departmentofminingandquarry.net> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 00:54:02 +0200
Subject: AFTER DUE CONSIDERATIONS
From: - Dr. Maxwell Tambo.
Confidential Tel: ++ 27-76-269-2928
Confidential Fax: ++ 27-11-507-5162
Date: 31-08-05
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Dr. Maxwell Tambo, a Native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Quarry.
First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality
and prompt access reposed on this medium.
Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council
(SAEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your country during a trade
exhibition gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me. I have decided
to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal
described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it
as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Mining & Quarry where I work as an director and
with the cooperation of four other top officials, we have in our possession
as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty-Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand
united states dollars (US$26,500,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad
with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign company/individual to
receive the said fund on our behalf into a reliable company/individual
account depending on your convenience.
More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence
your importance the whole transaction. This amount (US$26.5m) represents the
balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a
foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately.
Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor,
leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in
principles gotten approval to remit by Key Tested Telegraphic Transfer
(K.T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an
application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa for the
transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25%
of the US$26.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat
it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization
is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me. Endeavor to contact me immediately through my secured tel/fax number or
by email whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it
will enable me contact other foreign partner with recommendation to carry
out this deal. I want to assure you that myself and my partners are in a
position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us
a very strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and
Please remember to treat this matter as very confidential matter because we
will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in
this business.
Kindly establish your response directly by telephone or fax to the
committee's representative whose name appears below. We wait in anticipation
of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Maxwell Tambo. (Dr.)
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