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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: "willson dube" <willsondube3030@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:45:16 +0200
Subject: MRS. ELIZABETH SOLICITING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
FROM MRS. ELIZABE DUBE.
JOHANNESBURG.
SOUTH AFRICA.
GREETING TO YOU
DEAR:Sir/Ms,
You might be surprise to receive this letter from me since you don't
know me personally. I am MRS. ELIZABETH DUBE the wife of late MR MICHAEL
DUBE
who was murdered by the Zimbabwe war veterans and irate black people. I got
your contact e-mail address through South Africa chamber of commerce and
industry. After due consideration of your profile, hence I decided to
write to you. I write to solicit for your special assistance to my family
shattered by a tyrannical Government led by a dictator and his
(ZANU-PF) ruling party. President Robert Mugabe.
Because of land and farmland crisis in Zimbabwe the Government secretly
sponsored the war veterans and some irate party members to disposed the
land being occupied by the white farmers. This action hassled to killing of
some members of opposition party including my husband who did not support
this ill-fated action.
But before the death of my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so
he smuggled out the sum of US$14M (FOURTHEEN MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) to South Africa and deposited it in a Security Company with the
intention
of using it for the purchase of farm machinery and chemicals for
agricultural purpose in South Africa and establishment of a new farm in
Swaziland.
This money was deposited in a box as a germ stone to avoid much
demurrage in the Security Company. On the 29 august 2001 the war veterans
and some
spotters of (ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and axed
myhusband to death and my second son of 22yrs. Since then they have been
terrorizing my son WILLSON but he managed to escape to neighboring
country South Africa as a political asylum seeker (refugee).
His position in South Africa dose not permits him to open an account or
to operate any business. That is why I want this fund to be transferred in
your account so that you will assist him to invest the money in your
country. I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free. If you
accept to assist us, all I want from you is to arrange and come down to
Johannesburg South Africa so that you can help him to open a non-resident
bank
account in your name which will aid us in transferring the money into your
nominating account overseas. I have two option for you, firstly, you can
choose to
have certain percentage of the money for nominating your account in this
transaction or we can go into partnership with you for the proper
profitable investment of the money in your country whichever the option you
want
feel free to notify with him. He will then furnish you with every detail you
needed to know. We have also mapped out 5% of the total sum for any
expenses that might be incurred during the time of this transaction.
If you do not prefer a partnership, we are willing to give you 25% of
the money while remaining 70% will remain for my family, if you are really
capable and willing to assist us please contact him immediately in
South Africa with this e-mail that I used to sent this mail to you.
Finally please treat this matter as urgent as possible, I'm in dire him
to leave that country soonest. Thanks for you're mutual co-operation. AND i
EXPECT YOUR URGENT CALL TO MY SON WILLSON TO THIS PHONE NUMBER
+27-83_246_7187 SO THAT HE WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION.
Best Regards,
(MRS ELIZABETH DUBE)
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