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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: "frank gezi" <frankgezi_200@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:39:21 +0200
Subject: MRS KAMUU,

FROM:Mrs Blessing Kamuu
ADD:Gauteng,Johanessburg,
South Africa.
E-MAIL[familymail@webmail.co.za]


Attn: SIR/MADAM

REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT.



This may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial; as a matter of
urgentcy, i am desparately looking for a foriegn partner whom i can trust to
handle some investment or fund movement. I am MRS.BLESSING KAMUU wife of
late MR.MICHAEL KAMUU , who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and
irrate black people.

I am writing from Zimbabwe. I got your address from the internet through the
consultancy directory during my search for a reliable and honest person to
transact this business with. I write to solicit for your special assistance
to a family shattered by a tyrannical government led by a dictator and his
(ZANU-PF) ruling party- president Robert Mugabe.

Because of land andfarm land crisis in Zimbabwe, the government secretly
sponsored the war veterans and some irrate partymembers to disposess the
land being occupied by white farmers. This action has led to the killing of
some members of opposition party including my husband(MICHAEL KAMUU), who
did do not support this ill-fated action.

But before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so he
deposited the sum of US$20.4m (twenty million four hundered Thousand United
States Dollars)in the name of our only son 'FRANK at a reputable security
company in SOUTH AFRICA with the
intention of using it to open fertilizer manufacturing company among other
companies in our neighbouring country (Swaziland)after his university
education.

On the 29th of July, 2001, the war veterans and some supporters of
(ZANU-PF)ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him(my husband) to
death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son, FRANK KAMUU, but
he managed to 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 run any huge financial business. That is why I
want this fund to be transferred into your private account so that you will
assist him to invest it in your country.

Hence,if you agree to assist us, we will offer you 20% of the money for your
assistance, 10% 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 need your urgent and confidential
response.

Best regards,
BLESSING KAMUU(MRS.)
FOR THE FAMILY

Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to you all
the INFORMATIONS that will empower your smooth transaction with the security
company in SOUTH AFRICA and I will also send to you the agreement that will
protect both interest. And also further information about yourself is
necessary for i can not play on this.My alternate Email address
is{familymail@webmail.co.za}.

You can as well read more about the crises in my country and about this
situation on the following sites:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/08/12/violence.zimbabwe/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,562148,00.html
Waiting for your prompt and positive response ..

Thanks.
BLESSING KAMUU

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