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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: "Kenneth Masuku" <mken204@msn.com>
Reply-To: mken203@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:56:24 +0000
Subject: Re: Urgent RESPONSE
Dear Friend,
How are you and your family today? I hope that you are all
okay? I found information about you and decided to contact
you for an important assistance. I am Kenneth masuku a
citizen of Zimbabwe , but i am contacting from a
neiboring country here in Africa where i am now sicking
political assylum.
I Am the only son of Kenneth masuku, a wealthy farmer and
senior politician with the opposition political party in my
country, Movement for Democratic Change [MDC]. My father
was murdered by our wicked President, Robert Mugabe and I
fled my country, beause I have become his next target to
eliminate. My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving
force in the MDC, a part wanting to end the several years
of brutal dictatorship government of President Robert
Mugabe.
You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal
acts by visiting this web
sites;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 faher'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 lee through the border to South
Africa, to save my life. My arrival here in NIGERIA still
remains like a miracle to me.
Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge
sum of money in the total sum of $76.5Million presently
lodge in 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
$76.5 Million 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,Through my alternative
box: mken201@hotmail.com please treat this information as
top secret.
Regards,
kenneth masuku
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