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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: "greg dube" <greg_dube259@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:59:31 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

FROM: MR. GREG DUBE.
20 BOTHA CRESCENT,
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE: +27-737-082-332.
EMAIL: greg_dube2@yahoo.com
ATTN: MD/CEO,


APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE.


With due respect trust and humility, it is my pleasure appealing for your
assistance at this point in time. My name is MR GREG DUBE the elder son of
Mr. JAMES DUBE 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.

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
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 supports invaded my fathers farm and burnt
everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items
in my fathers farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with a Security Company in
Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$10,500 000.00 (TEN Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States 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.

I have two options, firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of the
money for nominating your account for this transaction, or you can go into
partnership with me for proper profitable investment of the money in your
country. Whichever the option you want, feel free to notify me.

I have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses that might
be incurred in the process of this transaction. If you do not prefer a
partnership, I am willing to give you 20% of the total money,while 75% will
be for my family. If you are really capable and willing to assist me, please
do contact me with my detailed information please.

I am looking forward with a view to hearing from you soonest.

MR GREG DUBE.
(FOR THE FAMILY).

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