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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: markly_ford2005@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:41:29 +0100
Subject: COMPLIMENT
MY FAMILY FORTUNE
Good Day,
This E-mail may come as a surprise because we have not met nor had any previous
correspondences but was borne out of my sincere burning desire to establish
a business/mutual relationship with you. I got your contact through my private
search here in London and i decided to write you since I felt that this is
the only medium to reach you.l hope I will not regret ever approaching you
because this present world is filled of dishonesty and mistrust.
My name is Markly Ford ,the only son of Mr Terry Simpsom Ford who was murdered
by the agents of President Robert Mugabe due to his opposition to the oppressive
and exploitative Land reforms Act.
Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile
political situation in Zimbabwe but i know it has formed consistent headlines
in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.You can further read about the death of my
late father via :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,669960,00.html
The pressure from the government forced me and my family out of Zimbabwe
into exile in New Zealand and then down to London,United Kingdom where we
have been living under political asylum for a few years now.Sadly, my mother
died of cancer some months ago and was buried here in London. Prior to her
death, she handed me over a certificate meant for a secret Deposit, which
my father made with a reputable finance and security firm in Europe.
The deposit is quite large, it was money recovered through the sale of cash
crops and farming equipments to foreign customers before the outbreak of
war. He made the deposit in his name with the hope of relocating his family
to the neighboring town of Tanzania but he was murdered when the conflict
intensified as a result of his opposition to the government.
I have contacted the bank to confirm the deposit and established ownership
as next of kin. Due to the death of my mother and the continued hostility
in my country,Zimbabwe,I have decided to remain here for now and solicit
for the assistance of an honest and trustworthy person that will assist me
in the business re-investment of the money. I cannot do this due to my present
social status as a refugee here and my total ignorance of the business world
as my lawyer would be standby to give us every assistance we require.
You will be given a generous percentage of the money at the end of the investment.If
you are honest, trustworthy, capable of investing this sum of money, contact
me to give you all the details you need to know about this immediately through
my personal email addressas indicated above.
For my safety, you must maintain absolute confidentiality to ensure success.
Please, indicate your personal Tel./Fax numbers, when replying this mail.
Best regards,
Markly Ford.
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