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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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  • tonymanbosa2@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Tony Manbosa" <tonymanbosa16@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:35:53 +0200
Subject: Please get back to me

DR Tony Manbosa
South African Diamond Board,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
E-mail: tonymanbosa2@hotmail.com

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED.

I am DR Dr Tony Manbosa. A native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am a
staff of South African Diamond Board. An affiliate of Department of Minerals
and Energy.

We got your contact from a close source and I was mandated to seek your
Confidential co-operation in the execution of the project I am about to
describe. First, I must let you know the major reason for this project. This
project will be of great benefit to all parties involved and hope you will
keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the South Africa Diamond Board,we discovered and we have in our
possession as overdue payment totaling $15.5M (Fifteen million, five hundred
thousand US dollars) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance
and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to receive the said fund.
More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore accounts hence
your relevance in the whole transaction. Also we cannot access the funds,
because indigenous companies cannot carry out contracts of this magnitude.


This amount US$15.5M represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of this Department by a foreign contracting firm, which
was 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 principle gotten approval to remit by key-tested
telegraphic transfer (K.T.T.) to any foreign bank account you will provide
by filing 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 to propose the following: SHOULD YOU BE
WILLING to assist us in this transaction, your share of the sum will be 25%
of the total sum, 70% for us and 5% for reimbursable expenses (taxation and
miscellaneous Expenses incurred.) This is after all expenses have been
refunded and taxes have been paid. The transaction itself is 100%-SAFE for
all involved.
This is possible if on your part you treat it as confidential and with the
utmost secrecy it deserves. Please note that your area of specialization is
not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. Hope that
you will not disappoint us. I want to assure you that my partners and I are
in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can
give us a very strong assurance and guarantee that the funds will be
secured.

Please remember to treat this matter as very confidential, because we will
not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
government service and will want to retire honorably.

DO FURNISH ME WITH YOUR CONTACT PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT WE CAN PROGRESS
FURTHER.

I wait in anticipation of your cooperation.


Yours faithfully,
DR.Tony Manbosa
tonymanbosa2@hotmail.com

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