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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: "Susan Shabangu" <susanshabangu11@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:31:03 +0200
Subject: Joint Venture Invitation

Joint Venture Invitation

Mrs.Susan Shabangu .
66 Small Street/Carlton Centre.
Johannesburg South Africa
Tele:-+27-83-693-3331.



Dear Ceo/Sir,

Compliments and good day,I know you might be surprised and astonish how
dearly I come in contact with your profile e-mail address,I got your contact
from South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry through a journal when I
was making an indepth research on the International Subscribers list of
Yahoo Webpage of a credible personality that can offer me a genuine
assistance and your name was the one that touched my spirit being.

As stated above, My name is Mrs Susan Shabangu I'm 42years of age, and a
wife of the Zimbabwian Farmer and a spokesman of white farmers that was
against the leader of Robert Mugabe(President),Which resulted in mudering of
my husband in cold blooded by the rebel group of the president Robert Mugabe
and enventually they burnt and confiscated my husband's assets.

My son who is the only son and the heir, I and my daughter came down to
Republic of South Africa as asylum seekers,where the money was being
deposited to the private security company to the WILL of my son (Edward
shabangu) for safe keeping purpose with out disclosing the contents of the
box to them.And With interests in relocating to your country, and venturing
all of our funds in excess of some USD30 Million, all in USD100 bills. For
also in your assistance in your line of business, and under your auspices.

My husband was the founder of the farmers association and the treasurer of
the entire farmers organization, and this money was realised and set-up for
the purchase of sophiscated mechanised farming equipments,like tractors
etc,for the mechanised farming in the country Zimbabwe.

You are to take home 20% of the gross for all your anticipated assistance by
the time the funds are successfully lodged in your nominated account(s)
overseas while 5% is set aside for miscellaneous expenses. But first of all
we need to know you more,and also we would need to move the funds and of
course ourselves out of this place as soon as we can possible arrange that
to be.

My son (Mr.Edward Shabangu) and I have carefully worked out the modalities
for the eventual transfer. You are to participate as our foreign partner in
the scheme of arrangement and management as our fund manager.Note you can
call me on my direct telephone number:-+27-83-693-3331 or reply to e-mail
add:-(susanshabangu11@hotmail.com)

Thanks and God bless.
Mrs.Susan &.Edward Shabangu (Son).

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