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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: walterkhumalo@workmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:40:14 +0200
Subject: please join us in this.
#35 william Nicole,
Sandton,Johannesburg,
SA.
Dear friend,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise
since we do not know each other before, but for purpose of
introduction, I am MR.WALTER KHUMALO, the Chief auditor
of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)
There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since
1990, 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 Mr. Smith B.Andreas, a
foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession and he died since 1990. 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 (USD$ 26M) twenty six
million United States Dollars million 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 Mr. Smith B.Andreas is a foreigner too.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as
we do not know ourselves before.
We will sign an agreement, 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 to sign a binding agreement
to bind us together as partners and then the money will be
transfered into the account particulars you provided which
I presume is safe.
Hence this money is transfered,I will fly to your country
or any other country which is the fund destination for
withdrawal, 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.
If you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and
advice for our mutual benefit, then contact me immediately
because this opportunity will never come again in my life.
I need truthful person in this business because I do not
want to make mistakes.
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 related to this transaction,
immediately we receive this money, thereby leaving no trace
to any place.
You can also come to discuss with me face to face after
which I will make this remittance in your presence and two
of us will fly to 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 25%
of the total amount, 70% will be for me, and while 5% will
be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring this fund.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my
email walterkhuamlo@workmail.co.za
Yours truly,
MR WALTER KHUMALO
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