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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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From: "steve bongani" <stevebongani03@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:51:44 +0000
Subject: ATT:SIR/MADAM[INVESTMENT]
FROM :MR.STEVE BONGANI
AN AUDITOR IN
AMALGAMATED BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL:stevebongani03@hotmail.com
DEAR SIR /MADAM.
INVESTMENT PARTNER.
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don;t know
each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I AM STEVE BONGANI, AN
AUDITOR IN AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA.
There is an account opened in this bank in 1987 and since 2006 till now
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 forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr.
Smith B.Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession and he died since 1992. 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 his company does not know anything
about this account and the amount involved is ($USD 30M) THIRTY MILLION
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
theaccount is Mr. Smith B.Andreas 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 telephone and fax number including the full details of the
account to be usedfor 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 your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your
country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am
contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign beneficiary.
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 later immediately, if
you are capable and willing to handle such amount 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 intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing.
l 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 two days ahead of the money going into
the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear
from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account.I
will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, and while 10% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of transferring.
(N.B )please rememberb to include your phone and fax number for
easier,security and confidential reasons . my telephone number +27 82 367
8944.
Yours truly,
MR.Steve Bongani
_________________________________________________________________
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