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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: "James Moyo" <james_moyo@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:51:39 +0200
Subject: RE: PROPOSAL FOR INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE!
FROM Mr. James Moyo
34 Gallo Court, 3 Avenue
Florida 1710
Johannesburg South Africa
E-Mail Address: james_moyo@hotmail.com
Tel: 27-73-560-5549
Dear Madam/Sir
I am Mr. James Moyo a Zimbabwean and the son of Mr. John Moyo, a renowned
Farmer
in Bulawayo Town in Zimbabwe. I write on behalf of the Moyo's family, to
request
if you are available and have the facility to assist my family undertake
some
capital investment in your country. It will be necessary
to inform you that the {US$18.5M} Eighteen million Five Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars) intended for capitalization of the investments are presently
in
the custody of a private security company here in Johannesburg, South Africa
which we require to Transfer out of South Africa immediately for the said
investment purposes.
You may have heard of the present crisis in Zimbabwe orchestrated by the
unprecedented Land use Act of the government of Robert Mugabe in which his
government has arbitrarily reclaimed and acquired all farm lands owned by
the
white farmers in the country. This has caused a historical
displacement of the white folks who are known to be the country's main
farmers.
The ensuing struggles and strife have brought about the killing and
imprisonment
of thousands of these white farm owners by the ruthless government forces
designated to enforce this new order.
My father, in his good will, joined the international community in
condemning
and speaking out against this uncivilized and bizarre policy of Robert
Mugabe's
government. As a result of my father firm and upright position on this
matter, a
group of assailants suspected to be government sympathizers attached and
killed
my father in cold blood in February last year. Seeing that the entire Moyo's
family was in serious threat of extinction, we immediately fled Zimbabwe to
South Africa, where we have sojourned ever since as refugees under the
United
Nations.
Prior however, to my father untimely death he had, sensing the rising
hostilities, sold some of his farm lands including those of some of his
white
farmer associates who had transferred ownership of their farm lands to my
father
to forestall the government acquiring them. My father secretly sent the
proceeds
{US$18.5M} Eighteen million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
from
sales of the farm lands to South Africa. And deposited it in a metal box
with a
private security company here in Johannesburg.
Having seen your contact information in your country’s business journal, we
now
contact you for immediate assistance in lifting the funds out of South
Africa
for the said investments. It will interest you also to note that we have all
this while articulated the needful arrangements through which
the transfer will be affected. To come to terms with you regarding your
reward
for helping us actualize this matter, we have agreed to offer you 20% of the
total money, 5% will be mapped out for the expenses we may incur during this
transaction then 75% will be for me and my family. It is equally important
to
state here that considering the nature of this matter, we will required that
it
is handled most discreetly.
Kindly, contact me using the above E-MAIL ADDRESSES upon receipt of this
letter
for execution details and other necessary discussion. In anticipation of
your
trusted and Genuine assistance I remain,
yours sincerely
Mr. James Moyo
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