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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: gmprivacy@webmail.co.za
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 07:17:41 -0800
Subject: Pls Call Gabriel.
GABREAL MAYINDA.
23 Pretoria road
Johannesbur
gmprivacy@zwallet.com
INQUIRING FOR FUND TRANSFER/INVESTMENT
Dear Sir,
Compliments of the day, excuse me this opportunity to introduce myself, I am Mr.Gabriel Mayinda, a Zimbabwean and the eldest son of Chief Edward Mayinda, a known farmer and the High Chief of Bulawayo town in Zimbabwe. I write on behalf of the Mayinda’s family, to inquire if you are available and have the facilities to assist my family undertaken some capital investments in your country.
It will be necessary to inform you that the intended funds for investment, US$7,500,000:00(Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) intended for capitalization for this investments was initially invested as a life insurance policy with
a reputable insurance company in Johannesburg, South Africa by my late father. After the sudden death of my father, in his WILL, he transferred ownership of the policy to me (his eldest son) in the invent of his death. But upon contacting the insurance company, and indicating my intention to withdraw the policy for business investment overseas, I was advised by the management that following my status of stay here in South Africa, as an “asylum seeker”, they can not effect payout to me in my names in any local bank, as the financial regulations here will not permit them to do so. The only option they have is for me to have a trusted overseas partner or an investor whom they can transfer the payout to with my permission, via their overseas corresponding bank so that they and I will not have any problems with the South African Government.
You may have heard of the present crisis in Zimbabwe orchestrated by the unprecedented “Land Use Act” of the government of Robert Mugabe in which his government has arbitrarily reclaimed and acquire all farm lands owned by the white farmers in the country. This has caused a historical displacement of the white folks whom are known to be the country’s main farmers.
The ensuring struggle and strife have brought about the killing and imprisonment of thousands of these white farm owners by the ruthless government forces designated to enforce these new order. My father, in his good WILL and capacity as the High Chief of Bulawayo Town joined the international community in condemning and speaking out against this uncivilized and bizarre policy of Robert Mugabe’s government. As a result of my father’s firm and upright position on this matter, a group of assailants suspected to be government sympathizers attacked and killed my father in coldblood in March last year, Seeing that the entire Mayinda Family was in serious threat of extinction. We immediately fled Zimbabwe to South Africa, where we have sojourned ever since.
Prior however, to my father’s untimely death, he had, sensing the rising hostility of the government of Robert Mugabe; he sold all his farm estates including those of five of his white farmer’s associates whom had transferred the ownership of their farm estates
to my father, to forestall the government acquiring them. Unfortunately, these white farmers’ associates of my father have also been assassinated on the crisis. My father then invested the proceeds from the sales of the farm estates, totaling US$7,500,000:00 (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a life insurance policy inhis names. Having seen your contact information in my father’s private study, we now contact you for mutual understanding in transferring the funds to your foreign bank account for the said investments. It will interest you to note that we have all thiswhile, articulated the needful arrangements through which the transfer will be affected.
We will be willing to come to terms with you regarding your reward for helping us actualize this matter which we shall agree once I hear from you as we intend to invest in real estate or stock market. It is equally important to state here that considerin
g the nature of this matter, we will require that it is handled most discreetly and confidential. Kindly, contact me using this Tel No: +27-73 377 0872, or through my e-mail:gmprivacy@zwallet.com upon receipt of this letter, in anticipation of your trust
ed a
nd genuine understanding.
I remain yours sincerely,
Mr. Gabriel Mayinda
(For the Mayinda’s Family)
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