URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

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i just got another one of these mails that i discussed below. this is a variation so i thought i'd post it here to show you what it looks like.

there are hundreds if not thousands of these mails floating around the world at the moment.

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URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

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sammsika@zipmail.com.br

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Dear Sir

URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 26,000.000.00 USD}TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

We want to transfer to overseas account ($ 26,000.000.00 USD) Twenty six million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank here in South Africa, I want to ask you, If you are not pable 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 banks 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 ecords 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 a foreigner, a great industrialist and he died since1998.No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other eneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the manager OLD ARK [pty]. SA. We will start the first transfer with Six million [$6,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. The total amount involved is (USD 26 ) Twenty six million United States Dollars only. I want to first transfer Six million United States Dollar ($6,000.000) from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest. But I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not e approved to a local person here, without valid international foreign passport, but can only be pproved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c ecause 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 $6 million before transferring the second part of $20 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 want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together immediately after the first transfer before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the anagement 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. With my influence and my position in the bank the bank official can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account that you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official Will destroy all cuments 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 satellite hone which I secured for the security and safety of this business as you know that this business is confidential.I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and oreign exchange departments. 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 ncurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply .
You can contact me through confidentail e-mail address:
sammsikamoss@mail2world.com
Yours Sincerely
Sam Msika Moss

WITH GOD, ONLY YOU I TURST.

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these spam mails are quite common, and there are a number of variations on them.

the mails always state that someone has access to a large sum of money, but needs your help in order to access the funds. they promise you a percentage of the money if you help from your side to free the funds.

this is more than simply spam. there have been reports that this is actually an elaborate con.

there are a number of variations of what can happen if you reply to the sender of the mail. here is one that we have been informed about:

you contact the mailer. they inform you that they want to move the funds to your bank account. they request your bank details. there are then 2 things that can happen. they either use your bank account details to transfer money out of your account, by forging the other required details - forging your signature etc. the other way is that they inform you that the money is about to be transferred, but that they need you to pay the transfer costs, and the set up of the company that will own the money, or some other miscellaneous costs. once you pay this money to the account details that they give you, you never hear from them again.

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WITH GOD, ONLY YOU I TURST.

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m_do1000@zipmail.com.br

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ATTENTION PLEASE:
CREDIT TRANSFER AND INVESTMENT.

Dear Belove Friend,

Permit me to inform you of my desire to do business with you with my money in your country. I am a 37 year old business woman from ANGOLA in South Africa.

I elate to inform you that I inherited a total sum of $10.5 million Us dollars (Ten million Five hundred thousand dollars) from my late husband CHIEF MATHEW DORAN, a gold and diamond dealer who was murdered in 2003 by the former ANGOLA president Mr. SAVIMBI over the dispute in their diamond and gold deal.

THIS IS TRUTH FROM MY HEART.

This money which is concealled in a box is deposited in a safe deposit company here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin where I am presently taking refuge with my two kids. The box was deposited as family treasure not money for security reason.

That is to say that the deposit company does not know that the box contain money.This was done under a high powered government conection because the president of this country Mr Mathieu kerekou is a family friend.

Your assistance is now sought in the transfer of this money to you country for investment into any lucrative business of your choice.

By this mail, you are requested to visit me here for familiarisation and to enable us arrange on how to get this box out from the deposit company and transfer this money into your account in your country after which I will go back with you.

But if you can not come down here, the director of the deposit company can arrange and bring it to you in your country under their diplomatic coverage system just the same way it was brought from my country to this place.

THIS IS REAL AND TRUE SAYING FROM MY HEART.

You will be required to send me your picture to enable me know the person that I am dealing with.I will send mine soon after repairing my scan machine which is now faulty.

You will contact a lawyer here in Republic of Benin who will go to the company to request for the release and transfer of my money in your name and favour as the new beneficiary.

For rendering this service, you will be highly compensated, a situation that will be discussed later. I want you to take this transaction very serious because it will benefit you..I will later tell you why I reposed this trust and confidence in you,a person I have not met before.

we must act fast because it cost me $100 daily as demurage to the deposit company keeping this box and the earlier we remove it from there the better for us. This is not scam please.

I know about scam because my late husband was a victim before his death.
Looking forward to your reply at your earliest convinience. Forsecurity reasons, contact me through my private email:( m_do0001@yahoo.com )


God bless.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Doran charity.