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This is the e-mail scam I got today! What a joke. Think people would actually fall for this? Never trust anyone with the first name Karl!!
From Auditor.Karl Horsburgh 15 A Louis Botha Avenue, Fellside Cape Town, Republic of South Africa. Tell: 874-763-427980 Fax: 874-763-427981
{KEEP THIS BUSINESS WITHIN YOURSELF FOR SECURITY REASONS}
Dear Sir/Madam,
We want to transfer to overseas ($ 36,000.000.00 USD) THIRTY SIX million United States Dollars) from the BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA , I want to ask you 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, 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 Auditor.Karl Horsburgh,the Auditor General of the Bank of South Africa, during the course of our Auditing I discovered a floating fund in an Account opened in the Bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this Account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a 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 Mr.Eshed.B.Willey, a foreigner, and a sailor, and he died, since 1993. and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the Account has no other Beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Mr.Eshed.B.Willey until his death was the Manager of Oriental Diamond Company,in South Africa.
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 Amount involved is (USD36M)THIRTY SIX million United States Dollars, only I want to first transfer $6,000.000 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 be approved to a local person here, without valid international foreign Passport, but can only be Approved to any foreigner with valid International Passport or Drivers license and foreign A/C because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the A/C Mr.Eshed.B.Willey 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,I got your email through my Personal Secretary through the internet,She did not know you before neither do I know you she only got it when I told her that I needed an email Address where I can send a Confidential Proposal to,though I did not tell her what the content of my mail was,It only God that brought us together to do this business and 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 of first Transfer. Beneficiary Name: Bank Name: Bank Address: Account Number: Swift Code: I want us to meet face to face to build Confidence and to Sign a binding Agreement that will bind us together before Transferring the money to any Account of your choice where the fund will be safe before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.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, 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 the position of the Bank official we can Transfer this Money to any foreigner's reliable Account which 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 Documents of transaction Immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence, you can come immediately to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal Approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with apropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.The onlything I needs from you now is to keep this business within yourself untill I instruct you to spread the Good news to anyone OK.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total Amount, 70% will be for me while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process.
I look forward to your earliest reply through telephone,Fax or through my email address
Yours,
Auditor.Karl Horsburgh
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