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An Email with the Subject "RECOVERED FUND/CONTACT MR. JOHN MARK URGENTLY." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:39:32 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "CITIZENS FINANCE CORPORATION" <samuel_dele@orange.nl>.
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The Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance here in the Republic of South Africa, has investigated your fund which has been on transfer process for some period of time. During the second quarter of the general Financial Auditing in the Reserve Bank, the office of the auditing and fund recovery unit, has recovered your fund at the tune of US$2,000,000.00, which was to be paid to you through bank to bank transfer to your bank account. It has been understood by our investigation team, that this fund was acquired by you as a result of the initial inheritance of fund, which your partner partner was supposed to remit the fund into your bank account here in South Africa some past years, and you have not received the money due to the fact that the South African Revenue Service Department demanded for their Inland Revenue Tax. The South African Government has removed this Inland Revenue Tax from your fund, and you do not have to make such payment during your payment any longer. After the auditin g, the SARB decides that all the recovered and returned fund should be paid to their various owners within 21 days starting from the 12th of September 2008. This decision was taking by the Board of the auditors in the Department of Finance (Office of the Treasury), and at present the fund is in the escrow account of the South African Reserve Bank. The Ministry of Finance has signed the released of your fund, and it has also d ecided that your fund should be transferred to you without any further delay. For your full identification and completion of your payment, you are hereby advised to send to our agent (Citizens Finance Corporation, South Africa ), your full information as stated below: PERSONAL INFORMATIONS: FULL NAMES:.......................................... ADDRESS:................................................ AGE OR DATE OF BIRTH:......................... OCCUPATION:.......................................... COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.............................. COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:.......................... PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:.................... Note that the Department of Finance has ordered and assigned our accredated agent (Citizens Finance Corporation) to carry out this payment to you, therefore you should urgently contact them on the following details; CONTACT PERSON: MR. JOHN MARK COMPANY: CITIZENS FINANCE CORPORATION POSITION: PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR PHONE: +27 78 269 5427/+27 78 093 4400 FAX: +27 86 603 8487 EMAIL ADD: markfinance.citizens1@gmail.com or mark_finance@hotmail.com PAYOUT AMOUNT: US$2,000,000.00 IN WORDS: TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY Please contact the above person on phone urgently +27 78 269 5427/+27 78 093 4400 and request them to give you more information on the means which you will receive your fund. As soon as the our agent (Citizens Finance Corporation) has confirmed to us that you have contacted them, the Department of Finance will proceed to hand over your fund to (Citizens Finance Corporation) and request them to commence your payment with immediate effect. Waiting for your further proceedings. Regards, Mr. David Radebe Department of Treasury Ministry of Finance Republic of South Africa Phone..+27 79 792 3168.