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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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From: "steven richard" <stevenrichard64@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:59:16 +0200
Subject: PLEASE MY FAMILY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
FROM; MR. STEVEN RICHARD
E-MAIL;(steven_richard76441@yahoo.com)
ADDRESS; NO.23 ELOFF STREET
CENTRAL JOHANNESBURG
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICAURGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCEDear Sir/Madam ,My name is MR. STEVEN RICHARD the eldest son of MR. DAVID RICHARD of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I got your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg, South Africa, after a very long prayer and search for a good and god -fearing person who will assist our family to move the money our late father left for us.During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe’s ideas, Mugabe’s supporters invaded my father’s farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my father’ s farm. Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$ 10.5 Million Dollars (Ten million five hundred Thousand united state Dollars).After the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables. So I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa.We have agreed to offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 80% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. Note that this transaction is 100% risk-free and absolutely confidential.As soon as i receive your positive response Through my private email address (steven_richard76441@yahoo.com), i will furnish you with all the details of this money and the transaction.Best Regard,MR. STEVEN RICHARD
{FOR THE FAMILY}.
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