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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: ZUMA PULE <gold_rasag@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: rasag_gold@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:21:57 +0400
Subject: attention(urgent reply)
20 BOTHA CRESCENT,
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRIACA
MD/CEO,
APPEAL FOR ASSISSTANCE
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 ZUMA PULE the Bank
Manager of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA).
First and foremost, I apologize using this medium to
reach you for a transaction / business of this
magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality and
prompt access reposed on this medium. Be informed that
a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council
(SEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your
country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable
credentials / particulars to me. I plea to seek a
confidential co-operation with you in the execution of
the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all
parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret
because
of the nature of this transaction.
There is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and
since 1998 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. SAMUEL CARTER , a foreigner,
and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession and he died since 1998.
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$35,000,000M) thirty five
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 the
account is MR. SAMUEL CARTER 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 used for 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. I 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 least 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, 70% will be for me.
I look forward to your earliest reply
Yours truly,
ZUMA PULE
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