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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: "flora zuma" <florazuma009@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:34:34 +0200
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE
FROM MRS FLORA ZUMA,
NO 14 HUMPSHIRE DRIVE
EASTLEA HARARE ZIMBABWE,
ATTENTION:THE DIRCTOR/C.E.O,
URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE
My name is Mrs. Flora Zuma the wife of Joseph Zuma from Zimbabwe. This
might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address, I got
your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce when I was
desperately looking for a trust-worthy person to assist my son who is
currently residing in south Africa, so I decided to contact you. During the
current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our
President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party
members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender
their farms to his party members.
My husband was one of the best farmer in our country and because he did
not support Mugabe’s ideas, Mugabe’s supports invaded my husband farm and
burnt everything in the farm, killing my husband and made away with a lot of
items in my husband farm. Before his death, my husband had deposited with
one of the Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$14
Million United States Dollars). After the death of my husband, my son
decided to move out of my country to Republic of South Africa where he had
deposited the money with the Security Company as valuables.
Please why I am contacting you is to assist my son to move this money out of
South Africa because as asylum seekers he is not allowed to operate any Bank
or invest within in the country. We have agreed to offer you 30% of the
total sum for your assistance, 5% will be out for any expenses that may be
incurred in the course of this transaction while 65% will be for me and my
family which I believe that with your help we will invest it in your
country.
All I want you to do is to furnish me with your private phone and fax
numbers for easy communication. You can contact my son with the above number
for more details. +27-7330-77804,
E.MAIL:michaelzuma_18@hotmail.com
Waiting for your urgent response.
Thank You
My Best regard to your family
(Mrs. Flora Zuma )
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