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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: "david pewi" <david_pewi555@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:03:32 +0200
Subject: PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

MR DAVID PEWI JNR
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
Tel: 00 27 72 135 1441
Fax: 00 27 83 358 1824
Email:david_pewi555@hotmail.com


PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

ATTN:

Good day! This might be a surprise to you, I got your contact address from
the south African chamber of commerce and industry here in Johannesburg. My
name is MR DAVID PEWI JNR the son of LATE MR FREDERICK PEWI of Zimbabwe.

During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of our
PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country,
so he ordered all the farmers to surrender all their farms to his supporters
and followers. Fortunately my father was one of the best farmers in our
country and he is the treasurer of the OLIOKOTO FARMERS ASSOCIATION OF
ZIMBABWE ( O.F.A.Z.). Because he did not support his idea then his
supporters invaded my father’s farm killed my father, burnt everything in
our farm and as well made away with a lot of items. (MAY HIS SOUL REST IN
PEACE).

Before my father’s death, he had deposited as a family treasure a box with a
security and finance company in South Africa. The box contains the sum of
US$25. 5 MILLION ( TWENTY FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS). This money was mapped out for the purchase of new machinery from
overseas. After the death of my father, me, my mother and my younger sister
decided to move out of Zimbabwe to South Africa because our lives were still
in danger. So right now we want to solicit for your assistance to help us
transfer this money into your company’s or personal account for safe keeping
until we come over to your country for our investments.

So we are searching for a reputable and trustworthy individual/s that will
help us to move this money out of South Africa, because here we are asylum
seekers and we are not allowed to some financial rights like operating bank
accounts or making investments. Please if you consider this proposal kindly
contact me with the telephone and fax numbers and my email address stated
above and kindly provide us with your personal telephone and fax numbers for
easier communication as well. Upon the receipt of your interest then we will
furnish you with the modalities that we have to take.

For your relentless efforts we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total
sum, 5% will be set aside to offset all expenses incurred in the course of
the transfer while 75% will be for my family’s investments in your country.
Please kindly keep this transaction confidential.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated in this regard.

Best regards,



MR DAVID PEWI JNR
( FOR THE FAMILY )

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