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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: "WILSON MUKENA" <wilsonmukena@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mukenafamily1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:46:03 +0200
Subject: REQUEST.
FROM: MR. WILSON MUKENA
TEL: 27-73-375-0110
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
ATTN: DIRECTOR /CEO
I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this
letter as request from a family in dire need for your assistance. Firstly, I
am MR. WILSON MUKENA from ZIMBABWE; I am the first and only son of MR. PAUL
MUKENA . I am presently residing In South Africa.
Your firm was introduced to my by a career diplomat Whom I consulted in my
search for a reliable Individual/ company who can assist us in Transferring
a reasonable sum of money abroad to a Company or private account.
On behalf of my mother who is a widow Mrs. MARIA MUKENA I decided to solicit
for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$18.5M(Eighteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to your personal or company account.
Before my fathers death he was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers
and he was killed by the agents of the ruling government of president Robert
Mugabe for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwe opposition
party controlled by the white minority, if you can remember vividly my
father was among the 10 farmers that were killed and their dead body seized
by president MUGABE, it was on publication (CNN/BBC). Before his death he
had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit this money to a Security and Finance
Company. The money was deposited in a box as a gemstone to avoid much
demurrage from the Security Company. This money was earmarked for purchase
of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and to establish new farms in
Lesotho and Swaziland.
In this will he specially drew my attention to this sum of US$18.5Million
(Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that he
deposited in a safe box of a private Security and Finance Company here in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
IN FACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND QUOTE:
“My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to this money which I
deposited in your name in a box with a Security and Finance Company in
Johannesburg, South Africa. In case of my absence on earth caused by death,
you should solicit for a reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer
this money out of South Africa for investment purpose.”
From the above, you will understand that the live and future of my family
depends on this money as much. I will be very grateful if you can assist us.
We are now living in South Africa as Asylum seekers and financial laws of
South Africa does not allow Asylum seekers certain right to such huge amount
of money. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South Africa, hence
I am asking you to assist me to transfer this money out of South Africa for
investment purpose. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 25% of the
total fund. While 5% will be set aside for local and international expenses
and 70% will be kept by my family and me. Finally modalities on how the
transfer will be done, will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and
confidence between ourselves.
Looking forward to your reply and please treat as very urgent.
Best Regards
………………………
WILSON MUKENA
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