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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: "vincent maseko" <v_maseko@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:06:06 +0200
Subject: ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR

RE: TRANSFER OF 18. MILLION

Don’t be surprised to receive this letter, I am VINCENTMASEKO, son of (Mr.
ANGUS MASEKO A TABCCO FARMS ZIMBWABWE) my father was murdered by Zimbabwe
veterans and critic lack people of ZANU-PF ruling party, if you are
conversant with CNN AFRICA.

Before the death of my father on the 29th of Feb 2003, he was a prosperous
tobacco and coffee farmer who has invested much in agricultural sector and a
very major sponsor of the opposition party
MOVEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE). President ROBERT MUGABE and his ZANU-PF
ruling party with the new land reform system, the government land being
occupied by whites and some rich farms who are opposing his consistent stay
in power and radical and unnecessary reforms targeted to ehumanizing his
political opponents and high rate of abuse of human rights which led to the
killing of some members of opposition party including my father, MR ANGUS
MASEKO.

I acknowledge very well that my father deposited the sum of (U$18) Eighteen
Million, United States Dollars, with a security and financial company here
in the Johannesburg, South Africa with the intention of using it for the
purchase of new farm machineries and chemicals for agricultural purpose
as well as purchasing hectares of land in Zimbabwe. Your contact was
courtesy of Republic of South Africa information network online. With the
high risk of staying in my country we are now on political asylum (refugee)
here in Republic of South Africa, my position does not allow me to open an
account or to normalize this fund to any meaningful business transaction, I
want you to understand that this is purely family fund not money laundering
affair.

I solicit for your honest assistance to a family shattered by lyric
government. I want this fund to be transferred to your nominated account
overseas, with your partnership; I will invest in your country. I and my
mother have agreed to offer you 25% of the fund for your kind assistance
then 5% will be for any possible expenses that might occur in the process of
the transaction while 70% will before my family investment in your country.
Be assured that all the necessary documents backing this fund have been
arranged by my attorney, and me feel free to ask any question regarding this
transaction. Practically, once you show your willingness to assist us, we
can arrange of when to come down here in South Africa.

Hoping to hear from you soonest, kindly contact me through my mobile phone
number to facilitate this transaction. I need your urgent and confident
response towards this matter.

Yours sincerely

VICENT MASEKO (MR).

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