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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: DANIEL KHOSI <daniel_khosi77@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 03:31:37 -0800 (PST)
Subject: MR.Daniel Khosi
MR.Daniel Khosi
TELE: +27-73-103-98-34
AMALGANATED BANK,
JOHANNESBURG(A.B.S.A).
SOUTH AFRICA.
PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
I am the chief auditor of AMALGANATED BANK SOUTH AFRICA
(A.B.S.A) and i have just found out that there is an
account in this bank in 2001 and since 2002 nobody has
operate on this account again. After going through some old
files in this record, I discovered that if I do not remit
this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is LATE Mr. Chris Williams,a
foreigner and a Zimbabwean based farmer, an Agriculturist
by profession and he died since 2002.No other person knows
this Account or anything concerning it, the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation prove to me as well
that his company does not know anything about this account
and the amount involve is ($16.MI! LLION) Sixteen Million
United States Dollars. I want to transfer this money into
your safe overseas account as soon as possible,I am only
contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only approved to any
foreign account because the money is in United States
Dollars and the former owner Late M. Chris Willaism is a
foreigner as well. Knowing that this massage 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.
Considering my position as a public servant,you are the
only person that I have contacted in this business; so
please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next
step to take immidiately. Send also your private phone and
fax numbers including the full details of the account to be
used for the deposit. Meanwhile,I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has
correct information of this account, which I will give to
you as soon as you indicate your sincerity to co-operate
with me, and capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice
for our mutual benefit because this opportunity may never
come again in my life.
With my position now in the office I don't want anything to
jeopardize my job so I advise that we should make secrecy
and confidentiality our primary working condition, bearing
in mind that I am a public servant.I will ! apply for
annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that
you are ready to co-operate. I will also use my position
and influence to affect legal approval and onward transfer
this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms
of ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be rewarded
for your assistance and co-operation from the total fund
transferred, while for every expenses both parties might
have incurred during the process of the transfer,i have
also mapped out certain amount to pay back all those
expense. I will be expecting your urgent response to enable
us proceed with the project immediately,thank you and have
a nice day.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Daniel Khosi
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