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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • jumadelmar@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Halbert Juma Delmar <halbertjdelmar@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:45:59 +0100
Subject: Urgent Message

Request For Assistance.

You may be surprise to receive this letter from me, since you don't know me
personally, I got your contact from the Nigeria internet directory chambers
through my quest for a
reliable person to confide with, I am Halbert Juma Delmar the first son of
Joseph Erasto Delmar who was
recently murdered in a land dispute in Zimbabwe.

I am writing this letter to request your assistance and confidentiality to
handle a transfer of fund into a
Foreign Country and I decided to write you,my late father was among the few
black Zimbabwean rich
farmers murdered in cold blood by the agents of the ruling Government of
President Robert Mugabe, for
his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition party
controlled by the white minority.
Before my fathers death, he has taken his fund to Europe and deposited the
sum of Thirty six Million
United State Dollars ($36million)with a Security and Finance Company as if
he foreseen the looming
danger in Zimbabwe. This money was allocated for the purchase of new
Machinery and chemical
products for Agro allied farm and for the establishment of new farms in
Lesotho and Swaziland.

These land problems arose when President Robert Mugabe introduced a new land
act that wholly
affected the rich white farmers, and the blacks vehemently condemned the
"modsoperandi" adopted by
the government. This resulted to rampant Killings and mob action by the war
veterans and some political
thugs,precisely more than three thousands(3,000)people have so far been
killed.Heads of government
from the west, especially Britain and United States have voiced their
condemnation of Mugabe's plans.
Subsequently, South Africa Development Community (S.A.D.C) has continuously
supported Mugabe's
new land act, it is against this background that my entire family who are
currently residing in South Africa
have decided to transfer my father's money into a foreign Country.

As the eldest son of my father, I am saddled with the responsibility of
seeking a genuine foreign partner
where this money could be transferred to without the knowledge of my
government who are tactically
freezing our family's wealth and South Africa government seem to be playing
along with them. I am faced
with the dilemma of investing this money in South Africa for the fear of
encountering the same experience
in the future,since both countries have the same political history.

More so, The South Africa Foreign Exchange policy does not allow such
investment, Hence I am
seeking for political asylum in Nigeria from where i am presently
communicating with you this message
now. As a business person, I wannts to entrust my future and that of my
family into your hands, I
must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free and the nature of
your business does not
necessarily matter.

For your assistance,we are offering you 15% of the sum, 80% for me and my
family, while 5% will be
mapped out for any expenses that we may incurred during this transaction.We
wish to invest our money
on commercial properties based on your advice.Finally, I will demand for a
total assurance and sincerity
on your part when the fund gets to you in your country.

If this proposal is accepted by you, please confirm by you sending me an
email on my safe and more
secure email address at (jumadelmar@hotmail.com) .You can also call my private
number at
002348060476018 for further discussions.

Please also includes your telephone number for mutual contacts and
discurssions.

Thanks and God bless you. Awaiting your urgent response.

Sincerely ,
Halbert Juma Delmar.

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