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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: dr_johnpaul@zwallet.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:33:06 +0200
Subject: Urgent Business Proposal
FROM: MR. John Paul
#25 Minakin Street, Alberton,
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel: +27-83-581-2666
don10920002000@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Sir,
This letter is meant to contact you following
knowledge of your esteemed self to help us out of
this difficult situation that my family has engulfed
in since the death of my father and the breadwinner of
our family who was recently murdered in the land
dispute in Zimbabwe.
I am Dr John Paul from Zimbabwe, the first and
only son of Dr. Arnold Paul communicating to you
from Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. I, on
behalf of my family decide to solicit for your
assistance to transfer the sum of US$18.5 million
(Eighteen million five hundred thousand united states
dollars) inherited from my late father into your
company or private bank account.
Before his death my father on one of his many trips
abroad took to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of
US$18.5million (Eighteen million, five hundred
thousand United states dollar) with a private security
company as his foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe.
The money was deposited with the security company on
our arrival in Johannesburg largely for its safety.
President Mugabe gave this money to my father for
investment purpose while they were still in good
terms.
This land problem arose when President Mugabe who
according to my late father in a desperate bid to hold
on to power for life introduced a new land act, which
wholly affected rich farmers who were mostly white and
some blacks vehemently condemned adopted by the
government. And that resulted in rampant killings
looting and white scare mob actions by the veterans
and scone political thug. Unfortunately my late father
was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers
murdered in cold blood by the agents of the ruling
government of President Robert Mugabe for his alleged
opposition against the government ‘s new land act.
Heads of government from western world especially
Britain and the United States of America have voiced
their condemnation against Mugabe action.
As it stands now, I am the only person that has access
to the money and the necessary document needed for its
collection. From the above you will understand that
the lives and fortune of my family depend on this fund
as such I will be grateful if you can assist us We are
now living in South Africa as political Asylum seekers
and the financial laws and regulations of South Africa
do not permit us certain financial rights.
In view of this I cannot invest this money in South
Africa hence my asking you to assist me to transfer it
out of South Africa for investment purpose in your
country. So please consider this as a request from a
family in dire need of assistance.
For your effort, we are prepared to offer you 25% of
the total sum while 10% will be set aside for expenses
incurred during the course of this transaction and
remaining 65% for the family investment abroad. Please
note that this transaction is risk-free and the major
thing I ask of you is to assure me the safety of the
money when transferred into your account.
Further information and arrangement will commence as
soon as trust confidence and good relation is
established. I shall be most grateful if you can
maintain the confidentiality of the matter. Thank you
as I wait your urgent response via telephone or fax
above for more details and don’t forget to keep all
information regarding to this as highly confidential
Best regards
Dr. John Paul.
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