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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27835536793 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • department_mineral_energy@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "prince kumalo" <princekumalo_10@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:22:53 +0000
Subject: COMFIDENCIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

FROM DR.KUMALO
DEPT OF MINERAL AND ENERGY
PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA


Attn:Sir/Maddam,

It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my colleagues.
Your information was given to me by a member of the South African Export
Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the Government delegation on a trip
to your country for a bilateral conference talk to encourage foreign
investors.I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the
execution of the deal here under for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it confidential because of the nature of this business.

Within the Department of Minerals & Energy where I work as a Director of
Audit and Project Implementation and with the co-operation of two other top
officials, we have in our possession an overdue payment in US$ funds.

The said funds represent certain percentage of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we
the officials over-invoiced to the amount of US$26.500,000.00 (Tenty Six
Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars).Though the actual contract cost
has been paid to the original contractor,leaving the excess balance
unclaimed.

Since the present elected Government is determined to pay foreign
contractors all debts owed, so as to maintain good relationship with foreign
governments and non-government agencies, we included our bills for approvals
with the Department of Finance and the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB).

We are seeking your assistance to front as beneficiary of the unclaimed
funds, since we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts. Details and
change of beneficiary information upon application for claim to
reflectpayment and approvals will be secured on behalf of you/your Company.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in this transaction your share as compensation will be
30% while my colleagues and I receive 70%.

The business is completely safe and secure, provided you treat it with
utmost confidentiality. It does not matter whether you/your Company does
contract projects, as a transfer of powers will be secured in favour of
you/your Company. Also, your area of specialization is not a hindrance to
the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence
in you and hope that you will not disappoint us.

Kindly notify me by e-mail me on my email
address:(department_mineral_energy@yahoo.com) for further details upon your
acceptance of this proposal.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Regards

DR. KUMALO.
+27 83 553 6793

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