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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: pascal@mashante.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:39:07 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Your urgent response will be appreciated
Your urgent response will be appreciated
Dear Sir/Madam,
I know that contact of this magnitude will make you apprehensive and worried but this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. My name is Mr. Pascal Mashante, a banker with Standard Bank of South Africa Plc, Johannesburg, South Africa.
In the year 2002, an American Engineer and Contractor with the South African Mining Corporation, Mr. Fredrick Jones made a numbered time of Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at Eight Million, Five hundred thousand United States Dollars(US$8,500.000.00) in my branch. Upon maturity time of the fund, l sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally, we discovered from his contract employers of the South African Mining Corporation that Mr. Fredrick Jones died in an automobile accident. He had no wife or Children known to our Bank. I found out that he died without making a “WILL†and since his death; I have made several attempts to trace any of his relatives but all to no avail.
I made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Fredrick Jones did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents including his fund deposit in my Bank. This sum of US$8,500,000.00 is still in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. Since his death no one has ever come forward to claim this fund. According to the Republic of South Africa Law, at the expiration of five (5) years, the money will revert to the Republic of South Africa Government if nobody applies for claim of the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Fredrick Jones so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt Government officials. This is simple.
Upon successful transfer of this money into your account, 60% will be for us (I and my colleagues) while 30% will be for you the account owner and 10% will be set aside for reimbursements of any expenses that might be incurred during the transfer process. Therefore, be rest assured that this is a 100% risk free involvement. We shall provide you with all the necessary documents to back up the claim we will make. I want to assure you that my colleagues are in position to make the payment of this claim possible, provided you give us the guarantee that our share will be secured in your care.
Please observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because l shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country of which your advice and expertise will be required for meaningful investment. I will like you to confirm your interest on this proposal by a return message through my confidentail e-mail address: mashante1947@aim.com
Thanks and God bless.
Mr. Pascal Mashante.
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