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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: "Chantal" <chantal_thambo@libero.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: chantal_thambo@katamail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 15:13:19 +0000
Subject: Re: Pleased to meet you !
Good Day,
With warm hearts I offer you my greetings and friendship.I hope this
letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this
proposal from me since you do not know me personally.However, I am
sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which I propose
with my free mind and as a person of integrity.My name is Mrs Chantal
Thambo, the wife of late Mr Zhiri Thambo, a farmer from Zimbabwe
who was murdered in a land dispute. As led by my instinct, I decided to
contact you through email after searching for contacts via the Internet.
It is the only means I can contact anybody since I am cutting off ties
with Zimbabwe for now. I apologize if this is not acceptable to you.
The purpose of this letter is to seek your able assistance in a business
venture. Due to the land and political problems in Zimbabwe and as a
result of President Robert Mugabe's introduction of new Land Act
Reform wholly affecting the rich white farmers and the few rich black
farmers, all white farmers were asked to surrender their farms to the
government for re-distribution,in fact to his political party members
and my late husband though black was the treasury of the farmers
association and a strong member of an opposition party that did not
support Mr Mugabe's policies.
President Robert Mugabe then ordered his party members and the
police under his pay row to invade my husband's farm.They killed my
husband and took away a lot of items from his farm. After the death of
my husband,the Reverend Father of our church handed over an
envelop which contains a "will" and some other documents with
instructions from my husband that I and my children should leave
Zimbabwe in case anything happen to him.Also found in the envelop
was a deposit slip - confirming a cash deposit totaling three million
United States dollars [US$9m] deposited in a security company.The
money deposited with this security firm was to be used for the purchase
of new machines,chemicals and establishment of new farms.
This violent and barbaric act by Mr Mugabe has since led to the death
of many innocent lives.I was continually threatened after my husband
died.I resisted for a while, but when the danger became unbearable,
I and my children fled Zimbabwe with the help of my husband's close
friend from UK also a farmer who was living in Zimbabwe but
left with his family following this ugly development.I have tried to reach
him through the contact he gave me but all to no avail.
You could look up this information on BBC news for up date on the
situation of the Country. If however you are in doubt, you may also look
up information pertaining to this fiasco from the Internet on the following
web sites:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4196228.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4163700.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4169386.stm
In view of this,I am currently staying in the Senegal.In fact my decision
to come here to seek asylum,is because it is in Senegal that my late husband
deposited the fund.I need to claim and transfer this deposit out of Senegal
for investment purposes since the law of Senegal prohibits a refugee
(asylum seeker) to operate any bank account or to be involved in any
financial transaction, this is why I am seeking a genuine and reliable
partner, whose account this fund can be transferred to.
You have to understand that this decision to confide in you is a very
big and brave one, and it entrusts my children's future in your hands.If
you accept to assist me, all I need from you is to assist with
arrangements of transferring this deposit to your country. The security
company holding the deposit will be legally informed of you representing
me.For your assistance,I have two options for you. Firstly you can choose
to have 15% of the fund or go into partnership with me for the proper
profitable investment of the money in your country.Whichever option you
want, please do notify me in your reply.
Please,I would want you to maintain absolute secrecy for the purpose
of this transaction. I look forward to your reply and co-operation.
Sincerely,
Mrs Chantal Thambo
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