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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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• 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 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.
  • mandlathemba200@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mandla themba" <mandlathemba@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:06:20 +0000
Subject: Yours truly,

DEAR SIR/ MADAM,

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION AND I PRAY THAT MY DECISION Of CONTACTING YOU WILL BE GIVEN GENUINE APPROVAL CONSIDERING THE FACTS WE HAVE NOT KNOWN EACH OTHER BEFORE, I WISH TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU. I AM MR. MANDLA THEMBA.THE CHIEF AUDITOR OF AMALGAMATED BANK OF South Africa (ABSA).

I am a chartered accountant by {ACCA, MIN} and chief executive of (MANDLATHEMBA firm LTD.) The theme of this letter is to introduce to you a business transaction that could be of tremendous advantage should you accept to participate in it After going through some old files in the records of the above named bank, I discovered that there was an account opened since 1990 by one Mr. Smith B Andreas, a geologist by profession, working with miners at Kruger Gold Company.


(This account has been dormant since 1999. The amount involved is {11m.USD} Eleven Million United States Dollar.)I want a reliable and trustworthy foreign friend in whose account, I will transfer this money. In view of this, if you are interested, please indicate by replying this letter immediately I have concluded all necessary documents as regards to the transfer. Your Percentage for the transaction is 35% while I have 60%. 5% is for the running cost.

This percentage is negotiable. 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. Please remember to include your phone and fax numbers for easy security and confidential reasons. If this transaction is honestly carried out, you will not regret it, as more profitable ventures will emerge. I look forward to your earliest reply through my alternative e-mail address, which is given below: mandlathemba200@yahoo.com

Yours truly,

MR. MANDLA THEMBA.

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