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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • private_ldavies@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dlarry0012@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 21:29:22 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20YOUR=20FRIEND=28LARRY=20DAVIES=29?=

Dear Sir,

Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not
met,coupled with the fact that so many miscreants have taken possession
of the Internet to facilitate their nefarious deeds,thereby making it extremely
difficult for genuine purposes.Permit me however to introduce myself. I
am a son to late Davies, a white Zimbabwean Farmer, the owner of Diary farms
limited in Zimbabwe.My late father own three tobacco farms in Chipinge,
and he was also majority owner of Glendevon Farm also situated in Chipinge,
in Zimbabwe before is death.

Since the death of my parents,I am contacting you as the need to for me
to have a foreign partner in your country has become necessary due to my
plans to relocate to that country so that I can purchase some lands to start
farming all over again as the present political instability in Zimbabwe,
does not encourage financial investment as the environment is no longer
condusive for farming investment and most of all security is not insured,
just as reported by international media.

This problem started when the Zimbabwean government under the leadership
of President Robert Mugabe announced a degree on May 31st 2000 to seize
more than 849 white-owned farms. During these periods, as reported by international
media and the CNN, more than 6 white farmers were killed in which my father
was involved, the government is not stopping at this, as just recently the
government have asked all white-farmers to give up their farms to black
farmers or risk going to prison.

So far, more than 1,400 white owned farms have been invaded and confiscated,
as well as claiming the properties of the farmers. Also, about 133 white
farmers arrested for defying the orders to leave their farms under the controversial
land reform programm of the government.(IT WAS DURING THIS STRUGGLE THAT
MY PARENTS LOST THEIR LIFES).

Having lived in this country Zimbabwe with my late parents for more than
35 years, I have no other country to go to,Therefore, I decided to contact
you, for your assistance, so that I can divert the property left behind
for me from my parents in Zimbabwe to a more stable country as yours.

Also, I must re-iterate the importance of having a citizen of your country
to front for me, since I intend to purchase some lands for farming, I do
not know much about your land-ownership laws, I thought it wise to seek
the help of a citizen to act as proxy for me.

For this purpose, I have put in an (INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE VAULT) all
monies from the sale of my parents farming equipments (including tractors
etc) and also all financial profits which all in total amounted to US$8.5Million,
I will upon receiving your consent prepare every document to enable you
receive this money on my behalf, pending my arrival to meet with you in
your country so that we can both make further arrangements with regards
to the purchase of lands.


I am presently in a refugee camp.If you are interested and willing to assist
me, you should please forward to me via my email address the following information
so that I can reach you:

1. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
2. YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. YOUR DATE OF BIRTH

I am waiting urgently for your response, while also requesting that you
treat this matter in strict privacy.Kindly get back to me on my private
email address: private_ldavies@indiatimes.com

Cheers and God bless.
Best Regards,

LARRY DAVIES{MR}.
GLENDOVEN FARMS,
CHIPINGE, ZIMBABWE
Email: private_ldavies@indiatimes.com

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