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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: "morgan mawere" <m.mawere1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:53:09 +0000
Subject: MORGAN MAWERE NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
Dear Sir/Madam,
With due respect, trust and humanity, I write this letter to you seeking
your help and assistance, though it seems difficult since we have not met
before. I got your good contact from the Internet online services when I was
searching for a reliable person whom God will use to assist me and my family
in this critical time of our lives and I believe that you are capable and
reliable enough in handling this urgent international transaction of this
sort. My name is Morgan Mawere
I am the son of Mr. Mutumwa Mawere, the renowned Zimbabwean Industrialist.
My father belonged to one of the classes of farmers and industrialists
targeted by the ZANU-PF armed group; because he was in the opposition party
The Movement for Democratic change (MDC) that did not support the ideas and
policies of the current government. In the course of the revolution in
Zimbabwe , the ZANU-PF armed group (war veterans) attacked and invaded my
father's farms and Companies, destroying them.
Most of my father's businesses in Zimbabwe have either been nationalized
or liquidated by the Zimbabwean Government. My father, Mr.Mawere was accused
of externalising foreign currency and was specified under the Prevention of
Corruption Act, in 2004. His mines, together with companies in finance,
insurance and agriculture were seized by President Mugabe's decree. He lost
his flagship business, Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM Holdings), which he had
bought for US$50 million from British company Turner & Newell in 1996, to
the state
You could read more about my family's plight in Zimbabwe through the
following articles on this Internet web:
(1) http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/mawere18.13830.html
(2) http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj94/zeilig.htm
After his last assault by the government Security Agents, we managed to
escape the boundaries of Zimbabwe into South Africa, with our remaining
fortune of US$20 MILLION US DOLLARS (twenty Million US Dollars) cash, which
my father deposited in one security and finance company in Johannesburg
South Africa, through the help of one of my father's South African diplomat
friends with important documents of foreign property title and other
valuables, which he has entrusted to me for the future of the family because
our lives were threatened and Zimbabwe was no longer safe for the whole
family to live.
The box is currently safely secured in the Vault of a private security firm
here in Accra Ghana . Presently, we are now residing temporarily in Accra
Ghana a as Refugees.
Moreover due to Ghana 's government's stringent monetary
policies/regulations and the sensitive and volatile political status of the
region, it would be most dangerous to attempt investments here as such act
could keep us in direct reach of the Zimbabwean Government. I hereby solicit
for your assistance in moving this money into your bank account for
investments.
I have resolved to compensate you adequately by offering a commission of
20% for your assistance. Please contact me via email for more
clarification.
I am waiting for your urgent response.
Sincerely yours,
Morgan Mawere
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