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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: "steven mackhalele" <ste_mack@msn.com>
Reply-To: mackhalelest@katamail.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:09:04 +0000
Subject: Re: Invitation to a Rewarding Partnership
Pretoria 0001, Republic of South Africa,October 31, 2005. Re: Invitation to a Rewarding Partnership Subject: Remittance of $15,600,000.00 American Dollars into your account. Dear Sir, This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. The message could be strange but real if you pay some attention to it .Please accept my sincere apologies. In bringing this message of goodwill to you, I am seeking for your assistance. I have no intentions of causing you any embarrassments. It is my great pleasure to write you about this high rewarding business transaction. I got your contact from network online and I hope that you will be capable and reliable to handle this confidential mutually beneficial business and that all confidential information will be handled with the same strict professionalism that you expect from me. I am a top official in the Presidency. With the cooperation of two other officials, we have in our possession an over due payment in US funds. These funds represent certain percentage of a contract value executed by a foreign company, which was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of Fifteen Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15,600,000.00). The actual contract amount haven been paid to the contractor, it is the excess balance of US$15.6M that we now intend to transfer immediately to your designated company or personal account. The South African government strongly believe that foreign direct investments are the engines to sustainable economic development, to that extent, government have continued to encourage foreign investments by promptly paying all debts owed foreign contractors. These have provided foreign investors new or expanded investment in South Africa with rich rewards and wealth of opportunities - the rewards certainly exceed the risk by unimaginable high margins. With the cooperation of some top officials at the Department of Finance and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), we will include the excess balance bill for approval and immediate transfer to your account without any hitch. We are therefore seeking your cooperation to be the beneficiary of the excess amount because the law forbids serving government officials from owning or operating foreign accounts. I have the authority of my colleagues to propose 25% compensation to you, 75% compensation to us. You must assure us of total confidentiality. The transaction is 100% SAFE, RISK-FREE AND LEGAL and we strongly insist on a 100% utmost confidentiality as we are still in active government services. I have reposed my confidence in you trusting that you will not betray us. It is on this premise that we look forward to your positive response and be rest assured of 100% Legal and mutually beneficial rewarding business relationship. Yours truly, Mr. Mackhalele Steven. Email: steven_mackhalele@nyc.com
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