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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: "PETER WUSU" <wusu1971@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 01:26:45 -0700
Subject: URGENT TRANSFER & PARTNERSHIP
*From: Mr. Peter Wusu
Director Standard Bank South Africa
*
*Email :( peter_wusu2@yahoo.co.uk )*
**
*ATTN: Sir/Madam*
*Compliments of day to you, obviously this message might come as a surprise
to you, but please consider it as a high priority issue, which will
definitely change our destiny in God's mighty name. I am Mr. Peter Wusu, one
of the Junior Directors of the Standard Bank of South Africa . There is a
Draft Account opened in this bank in 1988 by a long-time client Mr. David
Stevens, who was a foreigner and is one of the richest farmers in **Zimbabwe
**. Mr. David Stevens was among the first white farmer killed in a tense
standoff between landowners and squatters backed by **President Robert
Mugabe**'s ruling party in **Zimbabwe**. *
*Before he passed away in 2000 he has in our Bank the sum of us$20.5 Million
(Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). I became aware
of every detail of this money and account detail during our last meetings
when the report was made to me by one of the Auditors. As a matter of fact
the amount in this account is currently us$20.5 Million (Twenty Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) waiting to be approved for immediate
payment by the bank to any foreign account holder with accurate details
concerning this account, In other words No withdrawal or deposit has been
made since the last date of the deposit of money into this account. *
*I am contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved
for payment into any local account, but can only be approved to a foreign
account because it was insured and there is a clause in the depository
agreement by the Bank and Mr. David Stevens which states that on No
condition can any local withdrawals be made from this account unless the
money is transferred into an overseas foreign account, In effect withdrawals
can be made only when the money has transferred from the vaults of the bank
to a foreign bank account. *
*If you are willing and capable of handling such amount in strict confidence
and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefits,
because this opportunity will never come my way again I will use my position
and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money
into your nominated overseas bank account with the appropriate clearance
certificate from the Ministries and Foreign Exchange departments. I will
physically be in your country for sharing as soon as you confirm the money
into your overseas bank account, but agreement will be signed by both
parties concerning the sharing modalities and investment projects to avoid
misunderstandings. *
*Finally, you should reply urgently furnishing me with your private
telephone and fax number. *
*Contact me with this email :(*
*peter_wusu2@yahoo.co.uk*<peter_wusu2@yahoo.co.uk>
* )*
*Thanks and God Bless *
*Best Regards, *
*Mr. Peter Wusu (Director Standard Bank of South Africa )*
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