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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:38:45 +0200
Subject: Humble Request
FROM: Mrs. Nelly Mutombo
LOUIS BOTHA AVE JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27 78 84 33077
Email: nelly191@jmail.co.za
URGENT ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT
Dear Sir/Madam,
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal which I believe would be of great interest to you. My message could be strange but real if you pay attention to it. I find your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner. I am writing to you on behalf of Mutombo’S family to enquire if you can assist my humble family undertakes some capital investment in your country. I am Mrs. Nelly Mutombo, the WIFE of Late James Mutombo, who was the treasurer of the Zimbabwe Farmer’s co-operation. My husband was among the few black farmers that were murdered in cold blood by PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE’S Administration during the land dispute that just happened in Zimbabwe.
Prior to my husband untimely death, he had seen the rising hostilities by PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE’S government in my country Zimbabwe. It may interest you to know that during my Husband’s regime as the treasurer of the farmer’s co-operation, he realized some reasonable amount of money from various deals that he successfully executed. As a result of his death and uncontrollable crisis in my Zimbabwe, I together with my family members decided to seek asylum in South Africa where my husband had deposited US$20.5Million (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
This money was meant for the purchase of new agricultural machineries and chemicals meant to be distributed to farms and establishment of new farms in Swaziland and Lesotho. We now want to use this money for investment in your country since we do not have anybody to assist us. Following the above, I am asking for your urgent assistance to transfer this money out of South Africa using very confidential and reliable means. However, this money was safely kept in a Security Company here in Johannesburg-South Africa before his death under disguise as precious items and nobody has any slight knowledge of what is inside the box deposited with the Security Company. In other words, if you consider yourself honest, trustworthy and willing to assist us, the only thing that you will do at this time is to come to South Africa and assume the beneficiary of the deposited amount. Please respond by this email address ( nelly191@jmail.co.za ) or through the above phone number to enable my son provide you with detailed information on how the transfer of this fund can be made to your account upon acceptance. My family members have agreed to offer you 20% of the total amount for the assistance and efforts you are going to put for the smooth and successfully transfer of the fund, also 5% will be for any incurred expenses both locally and International.
I look forward hearing from you upon receipt of this mail.
Best regard.
Mrs. Nelly Mutombo
(For and On behalf of my family)
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