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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
• 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.
  • dannymoyo@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Daniel Mnilele Moyo" <dannymoyo@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:57:06 +0000
Subject: Investment Partnership

Beverly gardens Bassonia Jhb
South Africa.
TEL: + 27-78-567-5775
E-mail: dannymoyo@sify.com

ATTN: DIRECTOR/ CEO
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP

Dear Sir,

This contact is being made to you out of the increase need. Ostensibly, this may some what aroused some kind of
surprise and suspicion both by its source, method or channel of transmission. It may also, be seen unjustifiable based
on rules of certain values, but certain concerns and considerations, has increased quite immeasurably and
contemptuously in me, hence my approach.

I am DANIEL MNILELE MOYO a member of the movement for Democratic Change in ZIMBABWE? My party is opposed
to the ZANU-PF of the incumbent president ROBERT MUGABE. I went into a partnership with a white farmer and
businessman in ZIMBABWE and as we progressed in business, I bought his ideas and philosophy, which made me join
the movement for democratic change which is dominated by the white (of which my colleague is a top member).

We control the greater portion of the white-dominated farms in ZIMBABWE and we are major shareholder in major
companies in ZIMBABWE. The MUGABE government and his political associate are not tolerant to the activities of the
movement for democratic change and he is using indirect guerrilla war tactics to oppress the members.

ZIMBABWE war veterans invaded our farms and confiscated some of our assets and held us hostage. I manage to
escape from their brutality but my business partner died in the struggle. He left a message that I should sell off our
assets including the farms, estates and the companies, ensuring that his family relocates overseas and also to invest
the money properly bearing in mind that the next step of the guerrillas will be to confiscate those remaining assets.

I have successfully sold off the remaining portion of our estates, tobacco farms and companies after which I managed
with the help of the immigration officer to sneak into JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, with the money and my
colleagues"s families. In fact, we are seeking refuge in SOUTH AFRICA at this moment.

The total sum in our possession at hand is the sum USD36 MILLION realized from auction, sales of the
estates, tobacco farms and companies. The money is secured in a security company. We are being highly restricted
by the South African Authorities in opening up bank accounts here thereby adding more pain to the existing sorrows, a
good study has also shown that South African as a base for our asylum, is not the bests of a choice.

Evidences available, show that South African is a nation in crisis, a fractured and bitterly divided nation since after
apartheids rule, not suitable for good and strong investments. It is an irony that the level of crimes, corruptions,
mistrusts, mischief in the country is seemed to have for years endangered the economic development and has scared
foreigner’s investors away from investing in the country.

I wish to link up some one with strong characters who I can trust and enter into an understanding with and some one
with good knowledge of investment to administer funds into business. This should be done under none-disclosure and
none circumvention frame work. I have lots of drawbacks in the South African environment as issues in the country
does not seem to go far enough to guarantee hope, trust in investment.

Please, if I can have your confidence, trust and understanding in this matter, I will be glad to have you contact me
with this email address: dannymoyo@sify.com Please, this is not a case of money laundering of illicit funds.

I have 2 options for you; the 1st is that you could choose to have 25% of money for nominating your account for this
transaction. Or you could as well go into a joint business partnership with me for proper investment of the fund in any
best choice of your wish once the money is transferred into your overseas account.

Best regards,
Mr. Daniel Mnilele Moyo.

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