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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: "johnson buthelezi" <johnsonbuthelezi_dd@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnsonbuthelezi77@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:32:05 +0200
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE:
From: Johnson Buthelezi
Metro Building,
Floor 12, Jones/Douglas
Street Kensinton,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Phone: +27 724329078
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL:
Subject: VERY URGENT FAMILY / INVESTMENT ASISTANCE
I know you will be very much surprise to see this mail from me since you
do not know me personally. My name is JOHNSON BUTHELEZI, the first son of
late Dr. PETER BUTHELEZI a former Sudanese business man.
I am contacting you in view that you will be of great assistance to me and
my family in particular. However, I got your contact through the internet
in my quest for a trustworthy person who will be of a help to me
and my family in investing our late father's fund base on partnership
basis.
My late father was in the precious stone industry and owns mines in Sudan.
He also used to deal [buy and sell] in diamonds from Angola and Democratic
Republic of Congo [former Zaire] before international ban was placed on
diamonds
from war torn countries.
I would like to explain to you in details about the death of my father.
My late father was an active member of the ''Sudan liberation movement''
Due to his involvement on the rebel side and his donations in the
importation
of arms and food for the poor war victims at the SLM refugee camp, the
government
made plan and shot him on his way to the Dafur NGT centre. However, he died
on the 15th of May 2004 at the Crystal general hospital Dafur three days
after he was shot by the government forces.
It is based on this dilemma that i and my family decided to contact you as
to seek
for your urgent attention and assistance. The government is bent from taking
everything that my father has ever worked for all his life. First, they
seized allthe money in my father's banks account in Switzerland and
Australia . All of my
father's assets both the mines in Sudan was also confiscated.
Please dearest, I know that this might seem difficult for you to believe
but I will appreciate you read little about the Sudan crisis at the site
www.dafurinfor.org and you will be amazed on what I am informing you.
My major reason of writing you is to inform you that before the death of
my father, he lodged a sum totaling Twelve Million Five hundred thousand
United States Dollars
[US$12,500,000.00] in one of the privates security companies here in South
Africa where we are now refugees after much pressure from my country's
government
Sudan.
As the most elderly son of my father, I together with the family has decided
to invest the sum on a lucrative business overseas [ apart from Africa] on
partnership basis. The followings are my family's specifications for your
consideration and immediate attention:
1. Investment capital is Twelve Million Five Hundred thousand United States
Dollars [US$12,500,000.00]
lodged in a private security company here in South Africa by my late
father before his assassination.
2 Areas of interest ? real estate, hotel, transportation, civil
construction, industries
and fisheries.
3 Shares subject to negotiation.
Please, if you are interested to enter into partnership with my family you
should be prepared to come to South Africa to sign agreement with us that
will protect our interest before we releases and remit the capital to your
designated account for the project after which I will travel back with you
to finalize and set up the business. Due to our status here in South Africa
as refugees we are not permitted to have any financial/investment
transaction
since the law of South Africa prohibits same. Please kindly give us your
urgent response since we are in desperate need of your assistance.
Thanks for your understanding as I wait for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Johnson Buthelezi
[For the family]
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