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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: "Kelly Crawford" <kk_crawford02@msn.com>
Reply-To: crawfordz@myway.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:28:06 +0000
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL
Dear Friend
How are you and your family today? I hope that you are all okay? I found
information about you and i decided to contact you for an important
assistance. I am Kelly Crawford a citizen of Zimbabwe, but I am contacting
from a nebhioring country here in WEST AFRICA where I am now sicking
political asylum.
I am the only son of Mac Crawford, a wealthy farmer and senior politician
with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic
Change [MDC]. Our wicked President murdered my father; I fled my country
because I have become his next target to
Eliminate. My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the
MDC, a party wanting to end the several years of brutal dictatorship
government of President Robert Mug Abe’s. You will read more stories about
President Mug Abe’s brutal acts by visiting these web sites;
(1) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/jan-june00/zimbabwe_4-21a.html
(2) http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html
My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in
fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead.
The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen
for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in
fighting my father's death through the Court and media; the government saw
us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Olds was attacked
and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before they came looking for me,
I received the news and I
had to flee through the border to near by country in WEST AFRICA to save my
life. My arrival here still remains like a miracle to me.
Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge sum of money
total sum of $55,000,000. (Fifty- five million American Dollars) presently
lodge with the security company in Europe. My father kept this money in two
trunk boxes in disguise as family treasures and could not bank them, because
of the situation in my country. My father’s business, farms and banks
account were seized by the government before his arrest and murder. He
told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in detention and
I have made several arrangements concerning the shipment of the boxes out
of my country because we cannot invest it there. I was on the process when
I fled the country. I need your assistance in securing the funds there in
your country, so that I can arrange on how to come over to your country to
invest with the fund I am willing to offer you 30% of the $55,000,000.
(Fifty- five million American Dollars) for your assistance. Please, let me
know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more details on how we
shall proceed. As I wait for your urgent response, please treat this
information as top secret.
Regards
Kelly Crawford.
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