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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: "Mr. Jan P. Hendrick" <hendrick@quickstat.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: j.Hendrick@live.com
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:31:50 +0100
Subject: From: Mr. Jan P. Hendrick
From: Mr. Jan P. Hendrick
Old Mutual Bank of South Africa
Email: j.Hendrick@live.com
Tel+ 27-73-918-8434
Dear Friend,
I know that this e-mail will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know each other before now. But for purpose of
introduction, I am Mr. Jan P. Hendrick the Manager of a branch of Old Mutual Bank of South Africa (OMBSA)
There is an account opened in this bank in 1989 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account. Again after
going through some files in the records, I discovered that
if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account was Arne D.
Johaness, a foreigner and a miner at Kruger Gold Co Pty Ltd South Africa He was a geologist by profession and he
died since 1998. No other person knows about this account or any thing about it. The account has no other
beneficiary/next of kin and my investigation proved to me as much. The amount involved is Fifteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollar (US$15.5 million).
I’m only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved for transfer to a local bank here, but
can only be approved for transfer to any foreign account because the money is in US Dollar and the former owner of
the account Mr. Arne D. Johaness was a foreigner too. I want to seal this business with you. Your role will be to
provide an off-shore account where this money will be transferred into, and to act as the next of kin to the former
owner of this account.
I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money
into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for
withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am involving you in this transaction because of the above reasons. 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 later.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. If interested do give me a call
or email with your full details.
I’m looking forward to your prompt response.
Best regards,
Mr. Jan P. Hendrick
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