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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Tamaka Zebuebu" <tamakaa@aol.com>
Reply-To: "Tamaka Zebuebu" <tamaka2006@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:41:48 +0200
Subject: ASSISTANCE IN PROFESSIONAL INVESTMENTS ABROAD.


Dear One,
My name is Master TAMAKA ZEBUEBU, the son of LATE Mr.MUTA ZEBUEBU of blessed memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all citizens both black/white farmers farms, who where not his party members and his followers, he ordered all white/black farmers who were not
in his party to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.
My father was one of the most successful multy farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded his farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot of farming items in my fathers farm.
Before his death, my father had deposited with banking firm in (Europe) the sum of (USD $12 MILLION) for buying of new farming materials.But I can't transfer it, to where i live becouse I'm an Asylum seeker,and not allowed to operate bank accounts, i want to go into arrangement by which i can live in your country and get my money back for benefitable investments.
I have agreed to offer you 10% of the total sum for your assistance as soon as the money gets into your account also 5% has been set aside for all expences onece the money is cleard,any expences incured by you in the act of claiming this funds and making the transfer to your account will be deducted from the 5% before any other step is taken.
I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal full name as in your passport/private phone and fax numbers and also your private e-mail address if any for easy and urgent communication.
NOTE:REPLY EMAIL:tamaka2006@aol.com


Best regards,.
Your brother in need.
ZEBUEBU TAMAKA

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