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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: princekoffi202@tsamail.co.za
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 13:11:35 +0200
Subject: MR. VICENT MBALY (FUND TRANSFER)

MR.PRINCE KOFFI
MOBILE : +27-83-9421-052


ATTN: THE PRESIDENT

DEAR:SIR & MADAM

Good day! My name is MR. PRINCE KOFFI the elder son of SIR JOHN KOFFI of Zimbabwe. This might
be surprise to you where I got your contact address, from South Africa chamber of commerce and industry
in Johannesburg.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of our PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to
claim all the white owned farms in our country, so he ordered all the white owned farmers to surrender all
their farms to his party members and his followers. And my father is one of the best farmers in our country
because he did not support his idea and his supporters invaded my father’s farm and burnt everything in the
farm and killed my father and confiscated all his investment.

After the death of my father, me and my mother and my younger brother decided to move out of Zimbabwe because
our lives is still in danger with the money my father kept in his hidden safe in my mothers house. The amount
contained in the safe is U.S.$18,700,000.00 (Eighteen million seven hundred thousand united states dollars) and
we decided to move through diplomatic means to the republic of South Africa where we deposited the money to a
security company and we were forced to seek political asylum as a refugee. So I decided to contact an overseas
investor whom will assist us to transfer the money out of South Africa.

Because we are asylum seeker here in south Africa, which deprive us not to operate an account with any bank here
in south Africa, neither to invest. If you consider this proposal we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum
for helping us transfer this money to your nominated bank account anywhere in the world, We have map out 10% for
any expenses it will cause during the process of this transaction, while 80% will be for my family to invest in
your country. Now, I want you to furnish me with your banking details and your personal phone and fax number for
easy communication. You can contact me with the above telephone number.

Kindly destroy this letter even if you are not willing to assist us.
NOTE: this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and God bless.
Sincerely yours,

PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM
THE LINKS BELOW.
http://www.1freespace.com/beetee/nov19_2001.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm
http://www.gta.gov.zw/land%20issues/LAND.htm

MR. PRINCE KOFFI

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