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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: "steve themba" <stevethemba1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:03:33 +0000
Subject: PERSONALLY TO YOU DEAR


FROM:STEVE THEMBA.
E_mail:(stevethemba1@hotmail.com

ATTN: DEAR

Don't be surprised to receive this letter today,I am STEVE THEMBA,son of Mr
DENNIS THEMBA(THEMBA TOBACCO FARM ZIMBABWE),my father was mudered by
Zimbabwe veterans and critic black people of ZANU-PF ruling party,If you are
conversant with CNN AFRICA. Before the death of my father on the 21st of Jan
2005,

He was a prosperous tobacco and coffee farmer who has invested much in
agriculture 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 secretly sponsor the war
veterans and Irate party members to dispose the land being occupied by
whites and some rich farmers who are opposed to his consistent stay in power
and radical and unnecessary reforms targeted to 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 DENNIS THEMBA.

I acknowlegde very well that my father deposited the sum of (US$26.M)TEWENTY
SIX MILLON UNITED STATES DOLLARS with a security and financial company here
in Johannesburg-South Africa with the intention of using it for the purchase
of new farm machinaries and chemicals for Agricultural purpose as well as
purchasing hectres of land in Botswana.

Your contact was courtsy of SouthAfrica information network online. With the
high risk of staying in my country we are now on political asylum(refugee)
here in SouthAfrica, 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 transfered to your nominated account
overseas,With your partnership,I will invest this moey in your country,I and
my mother have agreed to offer you 30% of the fund for your kind assistance
then 5% will be for any possible expences that might occur in the process of
the transaction while 65% will be for my family investment in your
country,be assured that all the necessary document backing this fund has
been arranged by me and our family attorney, Feel free to ask any question
regarding this transaction.

Hoping to hear from you soonest,kindly contact me through this mail box or
phone .You can as well send to me your phone and fax number to facsilitate
this transfer.

I need your urgent and confidential response towards this trasaction.

Thanks and Best regards.

Mr STEVE THEMBA.

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