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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: gracedunn@webmail.co.za
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 00:13:53 +0200
Subject: INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
From Mrs. Grace Dunn.
INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
Dear Sir,
I am well confident of your capability of executing this transaction for the mutual benefit of both families, believing that you will not expose or betray the trust and confident I am about to repose to you. I am contacting you with the greatest delight and personal respect. I am Mrs. Grace Dunn, the wife of late Dr. (chief) Ernest Dunn, who was murdered last year of
June by the forces loyal to president Robert Mugabe due to Their support in acquiring his land and property during the crisis in Zimbabwe . Which continued and led to the lost of several lives of foreign (white) farmers as reported on cable network news (CNN) and by the British roadcasting Corporation (BCC). I got your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet, for a reliable person for partnership investment overseas. Believing you are sincere and trustworthy person and of transparent honesty and capable of handling this transaction to the best of your knowledge on assisting my son and I, in transferring the sum of US$ 40.000,000.00. (fourty million united state Dollars), into a foreign account for safe keeping pending on arrival to your country for our investment plan.
You may need to know how this fund originated. The sum was inherited from my late husband who was assassinated by Robert Mugabe's aides in view of acquiring his land and property. I got to know of this fund when our family lawyer, approached me few months ago with some documents that my late husband had filed with him in the file, I realized that my late husband (blessed memory) has written "will" which he specifically pointed my attention and I quote.
My darling wife, I wish to draw your attention to the sum of US$40.000,000.00 (fourty million united state dollars) which I deposited with a security Company in South Africa. All documents concerning the fund is filed with our family lawyer and you can make lay claim of the fund in case of my absence on earth only by death. I made an agreement with the Security Company that my foreign partner will stand as a beneficiary to lay claim of the money. The beneficiary will come forward to make claim of the consignment. Dr. (chief) Ernest Dunn, my late husband advised me through my lawyer, that incase if he dies that I should
look for a foreigner who will stand as the beneficiary of the fund so that the fund will be transfer to his or her account for partnership investment. From the above you can understand that my future especially that of my son depends strongly on this money. I will like you to assist us in
transferring this money into your account for investment. You can contact my son John Dunn in South Africa on Tel: 27-72-441-0543. His e-mail
is dunnjohn@webmail.co.za for more details, as he have been to south Africa to arrange with some bankers that will assist in this transfer. For your assistance in this regard, it will interest you to know that we will be willing to come to terms with you regarding your reward for
helping us actualize this matter. It is equally important to state here that considering the nature of this matter, we will required that it is handle most discreetly.
Kindly contact us using the above particulars upon receipt of this letter for execution details and other necessary discussion. Your private phone and fax number will be needed for easier communication, thank you in anticipation of your trusted and genuine assistance I remain,
yours sincerely,
Grace Dunn. (Mrs.)
Please Reply to E-mail: john_dunn12@yahoo.com
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