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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: "morgan reeve" <mreeve2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: morganreeve2005@excite.com
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:43:06 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE.
FROM: MR. MORGAN REEVE.
TEL:+27 730528702
FAX:+27 112197208
EMAIL:morganreeve2005@excite.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Morgan Reeve, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and Iam an
executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural
Resources. First and foremost, I apologised 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
(SEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your country during a trade
exhibition gave your enviable 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 & Natural Resources where I work as an
Executive Accountant and with the co-operation of two other top officials,we
have in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling Twenty-Eight
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign company/individual
to receive the said funds on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company
account to receive such funds.
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 in the whole transaction.This amount Twenty-Eight
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars 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 got
approval to remit by Telegraphic Transfer (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 discuss on the modalities of
sharing with you. Your share of the sum will be 25% of the Twenty-Eight
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars, 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 specialisation 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.
Endeavour to contact me immediately through my Telephone::+27
730528702,whether or not you are interested in this deal.If you are not, it
will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I
want to assure you that me 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.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation to entertain any
questions concerning the clarity of this transaction.
Yours faithfully,
Morgan Reeve.
NOTE BELOW:PLEASE REPLY THIS EMAIL
morganreeve2005@excite.com
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