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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: "ani anthony" <anthony_ani@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 12:45:34 +0200
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT

FROM: MR ANTHON ANI
31 OXFORD AVENUE SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TELL; 27 83 871 4444
PLEASE CONTACT ME ON THIS EMAIL anthony_ani20@yahoo.com

ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/MANAGING DIRECTOR


My name is Anthon Ani the elder son of Mr.John Ani of Zimbabwe This might be
a surprise to you about where I got your contact.

A career diplomat who I consulted in my search for a reliable
individual/company who can assist me

in transferring a reasonable sum of money abroad to a company or private
account introduced your firm to me.
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of
our President Robert

Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms tohis party members and his
followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his
party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe's

ideas,Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in
the farm ,killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my
father's farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security Company
in Johannesburg,

South Africa the sum of(US$21.8)Twenty One Million eight Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars).
After the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of South
Africa where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as
valuables.

So I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to
move this money out of

South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any
bank account within South Africa.

We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5%
will be mapped out for

any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 75%
will be for me and my family to invest in your country

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire Personal phone and
fax numbers for easy


communication. You can contact me on the above Telephone number. and email
address Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely
confidential.

Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,

Anthon Ani

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