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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: "morris zulu" <morris_zulu22@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:04:35 +0200
Subject: Business Assistance
TEL;+27 83 369 2084
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / C.E.O.
I am Morris Zulu ,a member of the Movement for Democratic Change in
Zimbabwe. My Party is opposed to the Zanu-PF Party of the incumbent
President Robert Mugabe. I went into a partnership with a white farmer and
businessman in Zimbabwe and as we progressed in business, I bought his ideas
and philosophy, which made me join the movement for democratic change which
is dominated by the whites (of which my colleague is a top member).
We control the greater portion of the white-dominated farms in Zimbabwe and
we are major shareholders in major companies in Zimbabwe. The Mugabe
government and his political associates are not tolerant to the activities
of the movement for democratic change and he is using indirect guerrilla war
tactics to oppress the members.
Zimbabwe war veterans invaded our farms and confiscated some of our assets
and held us hostage. I managed to escape from their brutality but my
business partner died in the struggle. He left a message that I should sell
off all our assets including the farms, estates and the companies, ensuring
that his family relocates overseas and also to invest the money properly
bearing in mind that the next step of the guerillas will be to confiscate
those remaining assets.
I have successfully sold off the remaining portion of our estates, farms and
companies after which I managed with the help of the immigration to sneak
into Johannesburg, South Africa, with the money and my colleagues family. In
fact, we are seeking refuge in South Africa at this moment. The total sum in
our possession at this moment is the sum of US$12M (Twelve MILLION DOLLARS),
realized from auction, sales of the estates, farms and companies. The money
is secured in a Security Company because we are not authorized to open an
account as refugees.
I got to know you from your countrys business journal in Johannesburg world
Trade Centre (WTC) and from my careful analysis I realized that you could
assist in this venture. All I want you to do is to make urgent arrangement
and come to Johannesburg, South Africa, so that you could open a
non-resident account, which would aid us in transferring the money into your
nominated account overseas for onward investment.
I have two options for you; the first is that you could choose to have a
certain agreeable percentage of the money for nominating your account for
this transaction. The other is that you could as well go into a joint
business partnership with me for proper investment of the fund in your
country.
Whichever, way you want it, feel free to notify me. I have also mapped out
5% of the money for all kinds of expenses incurred in the process of the
transaction and if you do not prefer joint partnership, I am offering you 30
of the fund, while the rest of 65% will be for my investment.
Contact me with the above Telephone numberS or email address while still
maintaining the confidentiality required in this transaction.
Please include your private telephone and fax numbers in your reply.
Yours truly,
CHIEF Morris Zulu
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