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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: "Mrs Philander Tshangarai" <philander2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:23:44 +0200
Subject: RE: Urgent Business Introduction...To Assist ......

FROM:PHILANDER TSHANGARAI
Tyoof Farm,Zimbabwe.
Tell:+27-72-2498-172
Mr. Tony Tshangarai
Email: tony_tshangarai@yahoo.com

Urgent Business Introduction...To Assist
For Investment Purpose...

ATTN:DIRECTOR/CEO.


My name is Mrs Philander Tshangarai The only wife of LATE Mr. Moyo
tshangarai of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got
your contact address.

I got your address from a reliable source in Johannesburg, South Africa.
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of
our President. Robert Mugabe to claim all the white -owned farms to his
party members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers to
surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.

My late husband was one of the best farmers and the owner of TYOOF FARM in
our country and because he did not support Mugabe’s ideas, Mugabe’s
supporters invaded my husband’s farm and burnt everything in the farm,
killed my husband and made away with a lot of valuable items from the farm.

Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the Security Company
in Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA the sum of US$5.5 MILLION [FIVE MILLION, FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS] in my only son’s name MR.TONY
TSHANGARAI. After the death of my husband, my son decided to move to the
Republic of South Africa where his late father had deposited the money in
the Security Company as valuables in his name. So I decided to contact
overseas firms and individuals that will be good to assist my son to move
this money out of South Africa because, as asylum seekers there, he is not
allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa.

We have agreed to offer 10% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be
map out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction and 85% will be for my family to invest in your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish to my son with your personal phone and
Fax numbers for him to highlight to you about his arrangement to move the
fund out of South Africa. You can contact him on the below contact
information. tony_tshangarai@yahoo.com or +27-72-24-98-172. Note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,

Mrs Philander

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