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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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From: "Thembalhle Hixonia Nyasulu" <nyasulu2001@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nyasulu2001@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:21:33 +0200
Subject: Hixonia
Dear Sir
I am the Auditor General of one of the prime banks here in South Africa, during the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that
the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is in sundry and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited to the
bank as excess profit. The owner of this account is a foreigner, a great industrialist 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 until his death he was the manager
AGRI-GOLD ARK [pty]. SA.
We will start the first transfer with Six million [$6,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the
payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. The total amount involved is (USD12M) Twelve million United States Dollars only. However, we
will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together when we meet face to face after the first transfer of $6 million before transferring the second part of
$6 million. I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax
number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I would want this funds to be invested in your country for a viable business
and our sharing modus will be 7% will be mapped out for all expenses and miscellaneous that will be incurred in the course of this of this transaction,
3% will go to our contact person in the pay out center in Europe, where the funds will booked for payment, 30% of the investment will go to you and I
will have 60%.
Kindly respond if you are interested in this proposal so that I can start the normalizing the documents in your favor with my influence and my position in
the bank . I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence in you. I
would like to call you for further clarification and safety of this business as you know that this business is confidential. I look forward to your
earliest reply.
Yours Sincerely
Thembalhle Hixonia Nyasulu
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