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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: "Moses Moyo" <moses_moyo@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:56:24 +0200
Subject: HUMBLE ASSISTANCE

FROM: MR MOSES MOYO
31 OXFORD AVENUE SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27-83-358-5248
moses_moyo@yahoo.com


HUMBLE ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir,

My name is Moses Moyo the elder son of Mr.Anthony Moyo 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.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,

Moses Moyo

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