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I wonder how many corrupt bank managers there are in Africa? I expect there are quite a lot.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:  <tonykante@executivemail.co.za>
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Subject: Urgent Transaction
To: tonykante@executivemail.co.za

Amalgamated bank of South Africa
ABSA Building ,
 Pretorius and Van der Walt Streets,
P.O. Box 3915 Pretoria 0000
Johannesburg, South Africa.

From: Mr. Tony Kante
Mobile num: +27 78 592 4817
Private: tonykante2@executivemail.co.za

Dear Sir/Madam,

I know that this message may come to you as a surprise since we do not know each other before now, but for purpose of introduction, I am Mr. Tony Kante, an Auditor in ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. During my usual auditing in the bank, I found out about an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account.

After going through some old files in the record, I discovered that the owner of this account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger Gold Co, died since1997. And no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation has proven as well that his Company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is Forty Million United States dollars (USD$40 M).

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can only be approved to a foreigner with a proof that he is related to the deceased,  Mr. Smith B. Andreas.

I need your full co-operation to make this work; I want you to come in as a distance cousin to late Mr. Smith B Andrea. And the management will be ready to approve the transfer of this money to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later.  If you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and abide to my instructions and advice, we shall all benefit because this is a life time opportunity. With my position now in the bank I can lobby for the transfer of this money to your account, which you will provide with the assurance that the money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. As I will apply for my annual leave the money gets to your account.

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the departments of Justice and finance . This is my private email address: tonykante2@executivemail.co.za

Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. At the conclusion of this business, you will get 30% of the total amount, 65% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process.

Yours truly,

Mr. Tony Kante
+27 78 592 4817
tonykante2@executivemail.co.za

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Tony Kante, South Africa

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This story was originally told about 5 years ago as Robert Mugabe his land grab forcing farmers to hand over their land to the state. Due to evictions and violence against farmers they mostly left the country.

The rest of the remaining farmers have lost their land in the violence which occurred after the disputed national vote which was held this year. Looking at the situation in Zimbabwe today, it does not seem likely that Robert Mugabe will be willing to give over power to anyone in the near future.

The chaos in Zimbabwe is an ideal background to a scam e-mail like this one. It sounds plausible.

I have had contact with people who have fallen for similar Zimbabwe stories in the past. They all fell for it, because they wanted to give a poor soul a helping hand. Morally there is nothing to say against that.

It’s just that the victims took the story at face value and got taken for a whole lot of cash because they wanted to help

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From: FRANKLYN LOCOMBO &lt;franklynlocombo2@gmail.com&gt;
Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
To:

Mr. FRANKLYN LOCOMBO
Johannesburg. South Africa,
Tel: +27- 74-1855-920
Email: franklynlocombo@gmail.com

FAMILY REQUEST FOR URGENT HELP AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO

Greetings!

My name is Mr. FRANKLYN LOCOMBO {Jr.}, the elder son of Mr. FRANKLYN LOCOMBOof Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address; I got your contact address from the South African chambers of commerce. During the current crisis against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms and the few black farmers who are against his party in our country, he ordered all the white and black farmers who are against his system of leadership to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers.

My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president’s political ideology, the president supporters invaded my father’s farm burnt down everything, killed him and confiscated all his investments. After the death of my father, my mother and I with my younger brother decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives. We took along with us the money my father kept in the safe in my mother’s house, which amounted to the sum of US$45 Million United States Dollars to the Republic of South Africa. The funds are presently being kept away in the secret vaults of a private security firm based here in Johannesburg South Africa.

My mother and I have decided to contact any reliable overseas firm/person who could assist us to transfer this money out of The Republic of South Africa, because we as asylum seeker here in South Africa cannot open an account of any sort, this is why we need you to travel down to south Africa to open a non-resident bank account in your name where the funds will be deposited before on-ward transfer to your nominated overseas account. If my proposition is considered, for assisting us to transfer this money to your country, we will offer you 20% of the total fund, 80% will be for me and my family to invest in your country under your supervision. All expenses incurred will be deducted from the 80%. For detailed information, you can contact me.

Best Regards,

FRANKLYN LOCOMBO (Jr)

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Here we go with a typical lost or suspended account. Doing a quick research I was not able to find an prominent “Eward Merril” which would fit the deceased account story which is being used here.

This is unusual in that the crooks like to quote press releases which give their stories some creedance.

The person calling himself William Zuma says he is from South Africa. Now that could be true, but it is hard to prove. To tell the truth, it’s not all that important, because to run the Advanced Fee scam the crooks don’t actually have to be in the country they claim to come from.

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From: William X. Zuma &lt;wxz2u2000@hotmail.com&gt;
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Subject: William
To: wxz2u2000@hotmail.com

From: William X. Zuma
Phone:+27 79 758 5599
Email:zumawills@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Madam

I will like to solicit your help in a business proposition, which is by nature very confidential and a top secret. I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one worried and apprehensive but I am assuring you not to worry, as all will be well at the end of this endeavor.

I am William Xhozi Zuma, Client Service Manager of one of the prime banks in Johannesburg South Africa, my partners and I have decided to seek your help in the transfer of some amount of money requiring maximum confidence from my bank. A foreigner, Late Dr. Edward Merrill, who was an oil merchant and contractor was our customer here at our bank and had a balance of US$106 million which the bank now expects his next of kin to claim as the beneficiary .

So far, valuable efforts has been made to get to his people but to no avail, as he had no known relatives more because he left his next of kin column in his account opening forms blank and he has no known relatives . Due to this development our management and the board of directors are making arrangements for the funds to be declared unclaimed, returned to South Africa being the point of origin and subsequently paid into the Reserve Bank purse. Usually, funds of this nature end up in the greedy pockets of some politicians due to our corrupt society.

To avert this negative development my colleagues and I have decided to look for a reputable person to act as the next of kin to late Dr. Merrill, so that the funds could be processed and released into his account, which is where you come in. Whereby you cannot come here in person for this transaction, we shall make arrangement with a qualified and reliable attorney that will represent you in liaising with my bank for inconveniency of you coming to my country.

All legal documents to aid your claim for this fund and to prove your relationship with the deceased will be provided by us. Your help will be appreciated with 20% of the total sum. Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence and disregard this letter if you do not appreciate this proposition I have offered you. Thank you very much for your time.

I wait anxiously for your response via secure email id: zumawills@yahoo.com.

Yours truly,

William Zum

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