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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: "Stella Wetaego" <help_stella@moldova.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stellawetaego@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:16:49 +0200
Subject: CAN YOU ASSIT?
From Mrs.Stella Wetaego
Email: stellawetaego@netscape.net
Attn:Director.
Dear Sir:
You may be surprised to receive this mail from me since you don’t know me in person, but for the purpose of introduction. I am Mrs.Stella Wetaego the wife of the late Mr.Pedro Wetaego, who was murdered in a land dispute in Zimbabwe last year by president ROBERT MUGABE of ZIMBABWE LOYALLISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA REGOIN.
I got your contact E-mail address while browsing in the internet through the website of investment opportunities and individual profiles in your country.well as a reliable and trustworthy individual to deal with, then I decided to write you. My husband was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers were murdered in cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of President ROBERT MUGABE for his alleged support and sympathy for Zimbabwean opposition party that is against MUGABE maltreatment of white farmers through his land reform act.
Before the death of my husband, he took my only son and me to South Africa to deposit the sum of US$18.5Million (Eighteen Million Five thousand United state Dollars) with a security and deposit company, as if he knew the looming ganger in Zimbabwe.The money was declared and deposited as family and precious stone to avoid the security company from knowing that the real content of the box is money for security reasons. The money was earmarked for the purchase of machinery and chemicals for my husband business. Problem arose when president ROBERT MUGABE introduced a new land act, which did not favour the white rice farmers and some black rich farmers also which my husband is one of them.
This resulted to rampart killing of farmers by ROBERT MUGABE LOYALISTS of which my husband was one of the victims. I and my son Samuel are currently staying in South Africa as Asylum Seekers planning to transfer this money to a foreign country where we can invest it, I am faces with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South Africa but for fear of encountering the same experience in future because of constant economic instability in Africa and more South African law does not give Asylum Seekers investment opportunity.
This was why we decided to contact you. I must let you know that this business is 100% risk free and the nature of your business does not necessary matter. So if you are willing to assist us to transfer this money out of South Africa to your bank account wherever for investment, I and my son have agreed to appoint you as the trustee of the fund and would give you 25% of the total money, 70% will be for me and my family, the remaining 5% will be mapped out to offset for the out of the pocket that would be incurred by both you and us during the course of the transaction.Therefore, if you are willing and interested to render the needed assistance,do not endeavor to contact us through the above e-mail address.Also we need your phone and fax number for easy communication.
Remember that this is highly confidential and the success of this business depend on how secret it is kept. Expecting your reply soonest.
Best regards.
Mrs. Stella Wetaego
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