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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: "Maria Stevens." <mariastevens@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:32:17 +0000
Subject: READ PLEASE, A CRY FOR HELP From Maria Stevens.
Maria Stevens.
P.O.Box 1268
Lomé - Togo
West Africa.
A CRY FOR HELP......... MY DEAR
Please,
I present my excuses in any way my message could have been an offence to you since you were not awa A CRY FOR HELPre of it. I am Maria Del Carmen Stevens a Swedish woman , I lost my parents contact since years ago before meeting Mr. David Yendall Stevens in South Africa leading us into marriage . My late husband Mr. David Stevens who was a farmer and exporter of Tobacco in the Republic Of Zimbabwe was shot dead allegedly by the ZANU-PF supporters in Zimbabwe on the 26th of April 2000 in his farm.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/725643.stm
After his death, the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; for the reasons set forth above, ordered the Zimbabwe government and the ZANU-PF supporters to pay me and my four children, all the damages caused after the judgment which was the total amount of (?.) which I kept with a security company here in Lomé Togo on the July 1, 2002 after my arrival.
As this been my first mail of contacting you, I wouldn't like to tell you the amount of the money, the content of the boxes and the weight of the Gold till we get to know each other very well Since I don't know you and you also don't know me too.
Please my purpose of contacting you is that, I want you to assist me claim the boxes and the money from any of the Security Company branches either in U.S.A or Europe and transfer it at your disposal as I may give you their contacts information since the money is a little big and need to be transfer prudentially because my desire is to leave Lomé - Togo entirely with this money for investment in any of the overseas countries for the future of my four children. After the transfer is successfully done, a share will be kept off for your compensation as we may agree to it.
Moreover the security company did not know the real content of the box and we do not wish them to know until the money is transferred to your private account safely.
As a result, please I want you to promise me that you will not fail neither me nor disappoint me on the process or after cause this has took me enough time of meditation to find an honest and trustworthy person to handle this transfer on the right channel because the ZANU-PF supporters of Zimbabwe are still in search of our lives and up till now.
May God bless you as you dare to assist me. I am looking forward to read from you as soon as possible. Please reply via my private email: mariastevens@rediffmail.com
Sincerely Yours,
Maria Stevens.
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