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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: "alex jomoh" <alexjomoh00007@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 10:39:03 +0200
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
FROM:ALEX C JOMOH.
TEL 27 73 85 22 588.
E -MAIL: alexjomoh00007@hotmail.com
ATTN:Sir, PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.
You may be surprise to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
personally.First,let me introduce myself,I am MR.ALEX.C. JOMOH ,the son of
MR.PHILIP JOMOH,who was recently murdered in the land despute in ZIMBABWE.I
got your contact through my intensive internet search here in Johannesburg
when i was making inquiries of investment in your country,then i decided to
write you directly.
Before the death of my father,he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit
the sum of US $11.5M(ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in
one of the private security companies as if he foresaw the looming danger in
ZIMBABWE.the money was deposited in boxes as gem stones to avoid much
dumurrage from the security company.
This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and farm land in
SWAZILAND.This land problem came when ZIMBABWEAN president MR. ROBERT MUGABE
introduced a new land act reform,which affected the rich white farmers and
some few black farmers.This resulted in killing and mob actions by the
Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society.Infact a lot of
people were killed which my father was one of them because of this land
reform act.I am afraid of establishing here in South Africa for the fear of
going through the same experience in future since both countries have
similar political history.Moreover,The South African foreign exchange policy
does not allow such investment for an asylum seeker.
As a business man whom i have to entrust my future and that of my family in
his hand,I must let you know that this transaction is risk free.If you
accept to assist me and my family,all i want you to do for me is to arrange
and come to Johannesburg South Africa,so that you can open a non resident
account which will aid us in transfering the money into any account you will
nominate overseas,and to enable us see face to face and discuss investment
opportunities.This money i intend to use for investment.I have two options
for you,first,you choose to have certain percentage of the money for
nominating your account for this transaction, or you can go into partnership
with me for the proper investment of the money in your country,which ever
the option you want,be free to notify me.
I have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expences incured in
the process of this transaction, If you do not prefer a partnership,i am
willing to give you 15% of the money while the remaining 80%will be for my
investment in your country.Contact me with the above telephone numbers or
with my e-mail address,while you maintain the absolute secrecy and
confidentiality required in this transaction.
PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU REALLY RECEIVED THIS MAIL CALL ME BEFORE YOU SEND ANY
MAIL TO ME BY MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL OK.
NOTE:PLEASE YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IN THIS EMAIL:alexjomoh_za2002@yahoo.com
yours faithfully,
ALEX C JOMOH[MR]
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