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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: "Engr.Peter Magwaza" <petemagwaza@webmail.co.za>
Reply-To: petemagwaza@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:05:05 -0800
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

Engr.Peter Magwaza
Pretoria
South Africa
Private Email:petemagwaza@webmail.co.za

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION:

I am Engr.Peter Magwaza,a Native of Cape Town in South Africa working
with the South Africa Department of Mining & Energy.

First and foremost I apologise for using this medium to reach you for a
transaction 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
(SEPC) who was part of my government delegation to your country during
a recent Trade Exhibition gave your enviable credentials/particulars to
me while assuring me on your competence to handle a business
transaction involving a large sum of money with absolute
confidentiality.

Therefore 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 while hoping you will keep it as top secret because of the
nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Energy where I work as a Director and
with the cooperation of three other top officials,we have in our
possession an overdue contract payment bills totalling Sixteen Million,Four
Hundred Thousand united states dollars(16,400,000.00).This money which
we intend to process its transfer as a form of contract payment into a
reliable company/individual account depending on your convenience.

Your assistance and co-operation is required due to the circumstances
surrounding our work as government officials whereby the South Africa
Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate a foriegn Bank
account hence your importance in the whole transaction.

Presently, this amount (16.4M) representing 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 is lying
unclaimed in the government escrow bank account with Reserve Bank of
South Africa.We hereby seek your assistance and co-operation that will
enable us to process this sum of money to you as a form of contract
payment.

We have the necessary authority to validate and forward approvals of
outstanding contract claims to the government for final payment on
approval through the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RSBA).

All partners agreed while mandating me to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be
25% of the 16.4 million,70% will be for us and 5% for any expenses
incurred in the course of this project including telephone and fax bills.

The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it
with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.Also note that your area of
specialisation is not an hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction.

I have reposed my confidence in you while awaiting your prompt response
through the private email address :petemagwaza@yahoo.co.uk above to
notify me of your capability to assist us in achieving success in this
transaction.

Finally on your part,we will appreciate you treat this transaction as a
very confidential one while we assure you of a 100% safe and full proof
free transaction provided you follow our instructions totally.

I await your confirmation of my message while praying that this will be
the begining of a lifelong partnership between us.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Engr.Peter Magwaza


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