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October 09, 2006
Mr. LINCOLM BERG
This might be a variation on the standard 419 that I've been hearing about.
Of course, it is a scam, a fraud, there is no special bank accouhnt and there is no money in it.
You will be asked to pay money in advance, for 'expenses'. This will just be kept by hte criminals and nothing will ever be sent to you.
The one variation is that he asks you to phone him on a mobile number in Holland. I've heard rumours that this can be very expensive, very expensive indeed. There's a story that one person had a $5,000 phone bill after talking to them for only a few minutes.
Ignore it anyway.
Dear Sir/Madam,
In order to transfer out (US$15 Million)
Fifteen Million United States Dollars from ABSA Bank. I have picked up
the trust and courage to write you this
letter with divine
confidence that you are a reliable and honest Person who will be
capable for this important business transaction believing also that you
will never let me down either now or in the future
My
name is Mr. Lincolm Berg a senior Auditing Officer with the ABSA BANK
in South Africa There is an account opened in this bank in 1997 and
since 1999
nobody has operated on this account again. After going
through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not
remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited to the
government The owner of this account died since 1999. No other person
knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no
other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this
company does not know anything about this account and the amount
involved is (US$15 million) Fifteen million United States Dollars.
I
want to transfer this sum of Fifteen million United States Dollars into
a safe foreign account abroad. I am contacting you based on the fact
that you are a
foreigner because this money can only be approved for
payment to a foreigner, more so it can not be approved by any local
bank here, as this money is in US Dollars hence the former owner of
this account is a foreigner too. I know that this proposal will come to
you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before.
However I
got your contact from a trade consultant here in South Africa though I
did not disclose the purpose of my seeking for a foreign business
partner
to him. I have involved a very senior official in the
Operational department and we have agreed that after the transfer of
the money into your account, you shall
be entitled to 20% of the total sum. We the officials will take 70% while 10% is for expenses.
All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure 100% risk free situation on the side of both parties. Please note that this deal can only take place on the following conditions:
1. You will provide the bank account and other relevant Particulars/information for easy and onward Remittance of this money.
2.
Absolute confidentiality and sincerity will be required and guaranteed,
considering our (me and my partners) positions in the bank.
All
things being equal, this transaction will be within 10 working days as
soon as we hear from you. Please treat this matter with utmost
confidentiality.
Corently, iam in the Netherlands for six months course please Contact me as quickly as possible through my mobile
No: +31-626-405-061
EMAIL.lincolmberg@aim.com
Thanks and remain blessed.
Regards,
Mr. LINCOLM BERG. .
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