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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: "MR.PETER KHUMALO" <peter_khumalo@indiatimes.com>
Reply-To: peter.khumalo@indiatimes.com
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 22:11:49 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY!
CORDINATOR,
DEBT RECOVERY AND RECONCILIATION
UNIT OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT
TO THE AUDITOR GENERAL
AMALGAMATED BANKS OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)
14TH FLOOR EMBASSY BUILDING CNR SMITH ALIWAL STREET,
P.O. BOX 1596
ALBERTON BRANCH PRETORIA 4000 SOUTH AFRICA.
Email;peter.khumalo@indiatimes.com
Email;peter_khumalo@indiatimes.com
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ATTN: THE DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't
know each other before, but for the purpose of introduction,
I am MR.PETER KHUMALO THE AUDIT DEPT ASSISTANT MANAGER OF AMALGAMATED
BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA).
There is an account opened in this bank in February 2001 and since
November 2003 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 for feited for nothing. The owner of this account is MR. ERNEST
B. BENJAMIN, a foreigner,and a miner at Kruger Goal Co. a geologist by
profession and he died since August 2003.
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
this company does not know anything about this account and the amount
involved is US$10.2 million (TEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
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 is MR.ERNEST
B. BENJAMIN is a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to you
as a surprise as we don't 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 Tel. and a fax number including the full details of the account to be used
for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us
together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account
of our choice where the fund will be safe.
And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other
investments. Meanwhile you can open a new account in any bank for this
purpose if you like.I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreign
account and a foreign beneficiary.
I need your full cooperation to make this work fine because the
management is ready to give approval to any foreigner, who has the correct information
of the account, which I will give to you later, if you are able and willing to
handle such an amount of money in strict confidence and trust according to my
instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity
will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in this business
because I don't want to make mistake, 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 in tact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money 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 use my position and influence to effect the legal approvals and
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms
of ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 30% of the total amount while 10% will be
for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of
transferring, 60% will be for me.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email above.
Best regards,
MR.PETER KHUMALO .CORDINATOR,
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