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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: "moses adams" <mosesadams4@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:47:48 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL AND RESTRICTED
CONFIDENTIAL AND RESTRICTED
DR.MOSES ADAMS.
DEPT OF AVIATION, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27 73 990 7559. FAX: 27 725 959 810.
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/CEO
PROPOSAL FOR TRANSFER OF EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS
(US$18.5M) INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
I need your reliability and trustworthiness in this transaction. I am the
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER of the DEPAREMENT OF AVIATION, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH
AFRICA and Secretary to the Contract Award Committee of my DEPARTMENT. After
careful scrutiny and examination of the success of this project, I have
agreed to transfer out of the Country through the RESERVE BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA some amount and we will later reinvest it abroad after the success of
this transaction. The amount involved is Eighteen Million five hundred
thousand US Dollars (US$18,500,000.00). This money came about as a result of
an over inflated amount of a contract, which I uncovered while accessing the
files of my department. No one else knows about this and the contract has
already been executed and the original contractor had collected his full and
final payment. In as much as this contract was awarded to a Foreign
Contractor and the payment is in dollars, I now need a Foreigner that will
present himself as the contractor and beneficiary for this amount of
Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$18,500,000.00) and
then the fund will be transferred into your overseas-nominated bank account.
Since I do not want to use the original contractor in applying for the
payment, because the Contractor is not aware of this over-invoiced sum. THIS
MONEY IS ALREADY COVERED WITH A DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION CONTRACT NUMBER AND
CONTRACT COMPLETION NUMBER, WHICH MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR US TO EFFECT THIS
TRANSFER WITHOUTH ANY SINGLE RISK INVOLVED.
Therefore, I as the Financial Controller am mandated to write you and see to
the success of the remittance of this money immediately, you will however,
be required to furnish me with these necessary information.
1. Your secure phone and fax numbers for easy communication
2. Name and Address of Bank, Phone, Fax and Telex numbers
3. Account number where this money will be transferred into, It could be new
personal or corporate account set up for this purpose.
4. The beneficiary name, company or personal name.
This information will enable me put APPLICATION OF CLAIM for the release of
this money from concerned Government Agencies and it will last for ten
working days. For your assistance I have agreed that the funds will be
shared as follows:
You as the Account provider 30%
Miscellaneous Expenses 10%
I as the initiator 60%
I assure you that all arrangements have been concluded for the successes of
this transaction, so if you are interested, reply me STRICTLY THROUGH the
above telephone and fax numbers.
Yours faithfully,
DR.MOSES ADAMS.
_________________________________________________________________
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