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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: "mike_106 thambo" <mike_106thambo@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:19:59 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT ASSISTANCE
FROM:Mr.Mike Thambo
24 KRUGER AVENUE SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27-73-5688-838
Fax:+21-11-5096-965624
Email:mike_106thambo@hotmail.com
South Africa
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT
ASSISTANCE
Attn:Sir/Madam,Director.
I am Mr.Mike Thambo, son of late Steve Thambo who was murdered by the
Zimbabwean veterans and irrate black people.Before the death of my father on
the 29th of July 2003, he was a Properous Tobacco and Coffee farmer in
Zimbabwe and one of the major sponsor/ Financier of the opposition party -
Movement For Democratic Change(MDC)in Zimbabwe.
He was also the former president of Farmers Co-operative Trade Union in
Zimbabwe. I am writing you from Johanessburg,South Africa. I got your
contact email address through the South African international Information
Exchange Centre and decided to write you.
I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by a
tyrannical government led by the dictator President ROBERT MUGABE and
his(ZANU-PF) ruling party.
I am probably of the convinction that you are aware of the present situation
in my country Zimbabwe sequel to the land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe,
the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some irrate party
members to disposes the land being occupied by whites and some rich farmers
who are opposed to his consistent stay in power and his radical and
unnecessary reforms targeted at his political opponents, this action has led
to the killing of some members of the opposition party including my
father(STEVE THAMBO),who did not support this ill-fated action. But before
the death of my father and the consistent threats to his life, he
anticipated some dangers and so he smuggled out the sum of US$20.m(TWENTY
Million United States Dollars), to South Africa since it is the nearest
neighbouring country and deposited it in a security company with the
intention of using it for the purchase of New farm machinery and chemicals
for Agricultural purposes in South Africa as well as a purchase of some
hectares of land in swaziland.
On the 29th July, 2003, the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF)
ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him(my father) to death.
Since then, they have been terrorizing me and my family, but we succeeded to
work for his escape to a neighbouring country, South Africa as a political
asylum seeker (refugee).
But his position in South Africa does not permit him to open an account or
normalise this fund for any meaningful business transaction in south Africa
since He does not have a south Africa Identity Card. That is why I want this
fund to be transferred into your Norminated account so that you will assist
me to invest it in your country.
Hence,if you agree to assist me,I have two options for you,I have agreed to
go into partnership with you and your family or in the alternatve, we offer
you 25%of the money for your assistance, 5% will be for the possible
expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 70%will be for
our family investment in your country,through your assistance.
I want you to understand that this fund is purely a family fund/ money and
not drug money, nor could it be classified as government fund or Money
Laundering affairs and it could be substanciated by relevant authorties by
our attorney.
It is Family fund but termed confidential because I do not want my family to
be traced to where he is presently. If you are interested in assisting us,
kindly contact me with this email address,mike_106thambo@hotmail.com and
the telephone number above. Right now, I am presently in south Africa with
the whole of my family sequel to the tensed political situation and the fear
for our lives in Zimbabwe.
I need your urgent and confidential response.
Thanks.
Best regards
MR.Mike Thambo.
for the family presently here in Johannesburg South Africa.
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