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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: "mayo kumalo" <mayokumalo@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 11:45:42 +0200
Subject: URGENT FUND TRANSFER ASSISTANCE
TEL:27-73-4360607
URGENT FUND TRANSFER ASSISTANCE
ATTN PRESIDENT/CEO
You may be surprised to receive this letter since you do
not know me personally, but for the purpose of introduction,
I am MR.MAYO. KUMALO, the son of DR GEORGE SMITH,who was
recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe. I got
your contact through the South African Information Exchange
(S.A.I.E) here in South Africa and I decided to write for
assistance. My late father was among the few black
Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in cold blood by agents of
the ruling government of president Robert Mugabe for his
alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition
part controlled by the whites. Before his death, he had
taken me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US$30
Million Dollars(THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) with a
security and finance company as if he foresaw the looming
danger in Zimbabwe. The money was deposited in a box as a
consignment with Security Company to avoid seizure.
This money was earmarked for the purchase of machineries and
chemicals for
the farms and the establishment of new farm in Lesotho and
Swaziland The land problem arose when president Robert
Mugabe introduced a new land Act that wholly affect the rich
farmers. Some few blacks vehemently condemned the modus
operandi adopted by the government that resulted to rampant
killing and mob actions by the war veterans and some
political thought, precisely; hundreds of people had been
killed. Heads of government from the western world
especially the British and the United States of America have
voiced their condemnation of Mugabe’splans. Susequently
the Southern African Development Community (S.A.D.C) has
continuously supported Mugabe’s new land reforms Acts. It
is against this back ground that I and my family who are
currently staying in South Africa have decided to transfer
this money out of South Africa into a foreign bank account.
As the eldest son of my father, I am saddled with the
responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign bank account
where this money could be transferred with out the knowledge
of my government who has tactically frozen my family’s
wealth and the South African governments seems to be playing
along with them. I am faced with the dilemma of investing
this amount of money in South Africa for the fear of seizure
and encountering the same experience in future since both
countries have almost the same political history. Moreso the
South African foreign policy does not allow such investment
since I am an asylum seeker. As a businessman whom I must
entrust my future and that of my family in his hands, I
must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free.
There fore, if you accept to assist my family and myself, we
are willing to offer you 25% of the total sum for your
assistance,70% will be for me and my family while 5% will
be used for all expenses. If this proposal is accepted by
you, please do reply by email .The confidentiality of this
transaction cannot be
Overemphasized.
Best Regards,
MR MAYO. KUMALO
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