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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: "philip zuma" <philipzuma@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:30:09 +0000
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE NEEDED PLEASE.
FROM; MR:PHILIP ZUMA.
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
E-mail: philipzuma@hotmail.com
DEAR SIR/MADAM
CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE.
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
personally,firstly,iam PHILIP ZUMA, the first son of GEORGE ZUMA. a well
famous famer, who was recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe. I
was furnished with viable information from the INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE
here in Johannesburg and decided to contact you.
Before the death of my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit
the sum of US$20 Million (Tweenty Million United States Dollars) in a
security company as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. This
amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the
farms and establishment of a new farm in Swaziland. This land problem came
when the President of Zimbabwe MR ROBERT MUGABE introduced a new Land Act
which wholly affected the rich white and black farmers. This resulted to the
killing and mob action by the Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in
the society.
In fact, a lot of people have been killed because of this land-reformed act
of which my father was one of the victims. It is against this background,
that my family and I, who are currently staying in South Africa decided to
transfer my father s money to a foreign account since the law of South
Africa prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account or to be
involved in any financial transaction. As the eldest son of my father I am
saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account into
which this money could be transferred to, without the knowledge of my
government who are bent on taking everything we have got, and South Africa
seems to be playing along with them. I am faced with the dilemma of
investing this amount of money in South Africa for fear of going through the
same experience in the future since both counties have the same political
history.
More so, the South Africa Foreign Exchange policy does not allow such
investment as an asylum seeker. As a businessman, I have to entrust my
future and that of my family in his hands, I must let you know that this
transaction is risk free. If you accept to assist me and my family, all I
want you to do is to make arrangements and come to Johannesburg, South
Africa, so that you can open a non-resident account which will aid us in
transferring the money into any account you will nominate overseas.This
money I intend to use for investment. I have two options for you, firstly,
you can choose to have a certain percentage of the money for nominating your
account for this transaction, or you can go into partnership with me for the
proper profitable investment of the money in your country. Whichever the
options you want, feel free to notify me.
I have also mapped out 10% of this money for all kinds of expenses incurred
in the process of this transation. If you do not prefer a partnership, I am
willing to give you 20% of the money while the remaining 70% will be for my
investment in your country. Contact me with the above E-mail address while I
implore you to maintain secrecy required in this transaction. And no matter
the level of transaction we are in, You must keep this business secret and
confidential, Please send your phone and fax numbers on your reply to me for
easy communication.
Yours Faithfully,
MR PHILIP ZUMA.
(For the family)
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