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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: "patrick zandile" <patrick_z005@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:03:42 +0200
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
FROM: PATRICK ZANDILE
TEL: 27-83-71-41-083
ATTN : Sir/Madam ,
RE: TRANSFER OF ($50,000.000.00 USD} FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS
We want to transfer to overseas account ($50,000.000.00 USD) Fifty million
United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank here in South Africa. I want to ask
you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person
who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to
set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me
till the end for this important business trusting in you and believing in
God that you will never let me down either now or in future. I am the
Auditor General of one of the prime bank here in South Africa, during the
course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again,
after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the
owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating
and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for
nothing. The owner of this account is PEDRO F. HASLER a foreigner, a great
industrialist 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 until his death he was the
manager GOLD ARK [pty] SA.
We will start the first transfer with Fifteen million [$15,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account. But I
don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid
international foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because
the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c is a foreigner
too, and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together when we meet
face to face after the first transfer of $15 Million before transferring the
balance of $35 Million. I am revealing this to you with believe in God that
you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only
person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so
that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your
private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit. 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 upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable
and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official who is deeply
involved with me in this business. I need your strong assurance that you
will never, never let me down.
The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence you
can call me for heart to heart discussion through my private phone which I
secured for the security and safety of this business as you know that this
business is confidential. At the conclusion of this business, you will be
given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for
expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of
transferring.
Yours truly,
PATRICK ZANDILE
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