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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: "freshray@terra.es" <freshray@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:11:55 +0100 (MET)
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL=20
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Date: 21st February 2008
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Dear friend,
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A certain Mr. Albert Baker, was a first generation immigrant to South Afric=
a during the apartheid regimes. Albert Baker, became very successful here i=
n South Africa, as a big time contractor to the successive apartheid regime=
s in South Africa and he has banked with a certain commercial bank here in =
South Africa, for decades. Today I am the Head of the Treasury Department o=
f this same bank, where Albert Baker has been banking with. I have worked =
with this same bank, which is a commercial bank located here in Johannesbur=
g South Africa, for the last 15years and have been Albert Baker's account =
manager in this bank for the last 10 years. My name is Mr. Raymond Dunga, a=
nd I am a citizen of South Africa.
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Painfully and unfortunately too, Mr. Albert Baker, his wife Laura and only =
son Michael, all died in Thailand, where they were on holiday, on 26th Dece=
mber 2004, as victims of the unfortunate Indian ocean Tsunami of that year.=
Before his death, Albert Baker had a substantial amount of money left in =
his account with our bank and unfortunately he died without a will, or surv=
ivor. As a result of these two facts, his account has remained inactive eve=
r since and nobody has come forward to ask for this money, whether as eithe=
r his next of kin, or the administrator of his estate, or anything. As thin=
gs stand now, if nobody asks for this money very soon, then my bank will le=
gally appropriate to itself the whole money in this account, as a fund, who=
se owner has been untraceable.
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Therefore, my purpose of writing you this letter, in your position and capa=
city as a foreigner and a non-resident, and non-citizen of South Africa, is=
to request for your cooperation and collaboration with me, for you and I t=
o demand for and indeed claim the money in this his bank account with my ba=
nk to ourselves, instead of allowing the bank to do same. Our moral justifi=
cation for doing so is that if we fail to do so, the bank will certainly cl=
aim the money, as it's own. However, the best thing would have been to pay =
the money to any living relation of the deceased customer, to whom it would=
rightly have belonged to, but there is absolutely no such known existing r=
elation, { haven searched for same in vain, since January 2005}; thus leavi=
ng the money now at the mercy of whoever is able to claim it first, between=
you and I on one hand andthe bank on the other hand, as we are the only t=
wo parties that know about anything surrounding the said fund.
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Friend, your cooperation/collaboration with me in this venture is inevitabl=
e to it's success, because this money can only be released to a claimant th=
at is not a South African citizen and one that is domiciled outside South A=
frica. No doubt, you fit the criteria perfectly well. My idea here is that =
our two sides will share this amount with the accrued interests, in agreed =
ratios, after it is paid to you as the supposed authentic next-of-kin to th=
e Albert Baker, because we need each other to make this happen. We may als=
o choose to reinvest the money too and own such investments jointly upon ag=
reed ratios too.
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Please take notice and get the understanding that I never wrote, implied,or=
insinuated that the late Albert Baker was your dead relation,or related t=
o you in any other way, or even known to you, as I have no such evidence, o=
r any reason to suggest that. I am simply, confidently telling you that th=
e combination of the fact that your are a foreigner domiciled outside the R=
epublic of South Africa and my strategic position in the subject bank, are =
more than sufficient for me to cause the above money that he left in his ac=
count since 2004, to be legitimately, genuinely and lawfully paid in your f=
avour, as if you were indeed related to him actually; the fact that you are=
not, notwithstanding. I am also guaranteeing that this project will be don=
e according to internationally accepted standards of practice and morals on=
ly.
=20
Essentially I need you to organize the reception and custody of the money i=
n any country outside South Africa, which may, or may not be your home coun=
try, or country of your normal domicile. My own duty is to arrange and caus=
e our bank to effect, the hitch-free movement of the funds from the bank he=
re to such your chosen destination and doing so in the most legitimate, law=
ful and ethically acceptable way. To do this effectively, I have also gotte=
n the cooperation of the Director in charge of the International banking De=
pt of this our bank, whom I have co-opted in this project and who is alread=
y working with me here on the project now. What is even more interesting ab=
out this project is that you are not required to put up, or pay even a dime=
of your own money in the project. Therefore, what else can you ask for, or=
could one wish for,better than this?
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There is currently $12,150,002.00, (Twelve million, one hundred and fifty t=
housand, two US Dollars) in the said account, plus the compounded interests=
that have accrued to it since January 2005, all of which we will move to =
your instructed bank,or chosen destination outside Africa, by Swift transfe=
r, or cashier?s cheques. This US$12,150,002.00 plus interests, is the amoun=
t I am telling you that we have to move over to you and share, or re-invest=
and own upon mutually agreed ratios. The above amount will be to our mutua=
l benefits and be ours legitimately too. Out of this amount, I am proposin=
g for your consideration, that you will be entitled to one third of the $1=
2,150,002.00, (Twelve million, one hundred and fifty thousand, two US Dolla=
rs), which is US$4,050,000, Four million, fifty thousand Dollars, {Plus1/3 =
of all interests that have accrued on this sum from January 2005 to date}, =
as your commission/share, on the completion of the project. Again, in order=
not to run foul of the Patriot Act, or any other such laws that may be in =
force anywhere, we can as well move this fund in many installments of small=
er bits of say $2.0m, or less at a time, if you want. However, appropriate =
documentations and clearance will accompany any sum being sent to you, to s=
how the legitimacy and legality of the payment.
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Moreover everything about this transaction will be done in a most civilized=
and non-criminal way, which must be according to internationally acceptabl=
e standards of practice and morals. In addition there is no risk of failure=
, or legal, or security problems, or prosecutions etc, foranybody in this t=
ransaction both now and in the future. Therefore, need I say again that you=
will indeed not regret your choice of doing this transaction with me at al=
l?
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I therefore very earnestly solicit your sincerest cooperation in this proje=
ct and I will be very glad to give you some specifics as you may demand fro=
m me, as soon as you have confirmed your interest in this proposal. Please =
give me your urgent reply in very strict confidence, by email at freshray@e=
xcite.es first and we will proceed from there.
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Yours very Sincerely
MR. Raymond Dunga.
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Ahora también puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el móvil=
.
Infórmate pinchando aquí.
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