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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: "susan ell" <susanelley0004@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:32:51 -0800
Subject: hello your assistance needed ? from mrs susan shabangu (urgent)
Mrs. Susan Shabangu.
Greetings to you,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings,
and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However
strange or surprising this contact might seem to you
as we have not met personally or had any dealings in
the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration
of its importance and the immense benefit it will be to you.
After careful consideration with my children, we
resolved to contact you for your most needed
assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for
infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not
acceptable to you, as I make this proposal to you as a
person of integrity.
First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly
to you. My name is Mrs. Susan Shabangu, mother of
three and the Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy
of The Republic of South Africa for seven years
running. You can go through my profile
www.gov.za/gol/gcis_profile.jsp?id=1066 I will now
give you a general overview of the situation. When I
was sworn in as Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy
in 1996, with my influence, my husband Mr. Ndelebe
Shabangu a very successful businessman was awarded
several contracts in my ministry and had direct
dealings with foreign investors in this field. Due to
my political status, I was not involved in my
husband's business, which was very vast and successful.
My beloved husband died whilst on an official trip to
Trinidad and Tobago in December 2003.
When my husband died, I was contacted as next of kin
by a private security firm in abroad to come forth
with the Certificate of Deposit and claim a safety
deposit my husband has in their Vault in his name. At
that time, my children and I did not have an idea
where the Certificate might be.
We then instructed the security firm to
continue holding the safety deposit until further
instructions from me. Whilst preparing for the second
remembrance of my beloved husband, I was going through
his library collection and to my astonishment I
discovered a Certificate of Deposit for the safety
deposit with this private security firm, and other
documents relating to the safety deposit in a book.
The safety deposit which is a trunk, is stocked with
hard currency (US Dollars) totaling $18,500,000 which
was generated from cash payments from his business
associates in the diamond trade. Though I knew my late
husband was in the diamond business, I did not have
the knowledge that he moved funds in cash.
This came as a shock to me and my
children, and we have decided to have this fund
invested immediately in commercial and residential
properties abroad as well as profitable ventures, as
any member of my family cannot hold such a huge amount
in our name due to my political status, hence we
sincerely propose to you to render us your most needed
assistance in this regard.
If you agree to render us your assistance, your role
in this project will be to act on my behalf as a
trustee to receive the safety deposit containing the
funds from the Security firm. Though I believe this
transaction should be based on mutuality, a family
associate, who is a diplomat, will protect my family?s
interest. He is now aware of the safety deposit, and I
have informed him that I am locating one of my
husband's business associates (you) to handle the
funds and invest on our behalf, as he might be opposed
to our decision if he found out that I barely know you.
The part of services the diplomat is required to
render is to assist you in claiming the consignments
from the terminal of the security company and to set
up a transit domiciliary account in your
name in one of the prime bank he has contacts to carry
out the exercise through the back door. The purpose of
the account is to enable you deposit the funds for
further transfer into your nominated bank
For your reliable assistance, we are offering you 15
%($2,775,000) of the funds. I thank you in advance as
we anticipate your assistance in enabling us achieve
this goal. On hearing from you, I will forward your
contact to the diplomat who will be representing us,
and also give you his contact
for both of you to communicate and proceed with the transaction.
He will be working with you for a mutual conclusion of
the process and I look forward to a long lasting
business relationship with you. As you may understand,
due to my sensitive position in the present
government, it is not safe to communicate with me via
phone or fax.
This is why I have communicated with you, please all
your correspondence should be forwarded to my private
email address :susanelley_60@yahoo.it
otherwise i might not be able to read your mail and I
will like us to keep this way, for the safety of this
transaction. Whether or not you are interested in
assisting us. This will enable us make alternative
plans, in the event of non-interest on your part.
With warm regards,
MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU
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