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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: johnkhumalo@mailbox.co.za
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 18:17:25 +0200
Subject: +++ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE+++
FROM:KHUMALO FAMILY
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
Please don't be surprised to receive this letter from me
since we do
not know each other before now. I am Mr.John Khumalo, the
son of
late Mr. Tate Khumalo , a farmer in ZIMBABWE who was
recently
murdered
in he land dispute in my country. I got your contact
through network
online hence decided to write you. Before the death of my
father, he
made a deposit with a security company, in SOUTH AFRICA.
The consignment
was clared to contain GEM STONES shipped on diplomatic
cover to avoid
customs detecting the actual contents. The actual content
is the sum of
US15.5 million (Fifteen million, Five Hundred thousand
United States dollars only).
This was done when he noticed the looming danger in
Zimbabwe on land
policies.The security company does not know the actual
contents of the
two trunk-boxes consignment as it was not disclosed to them
for security
reasons. This amount was meant for the purchase of new
?Agricultural
machineries and chemicals for our Farms and establishment
of new farms
in Swaziland.
This land problem came when Zimbabwean President Mr.
Robert Mugabe
introduced a new Land Act Reform that wholly affecting the
rich white
farmers and some few black farmers alike. This resulted to
the killing
and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics
in the society.
In fact a lot of people were killed because of this Land
reform Act for
which my father was one of the victims. It is against this
background that,
all my family members fled out of Zimbabwe for fear
of our lives. We are currently taking refuge in South
Afreica where we seek
political asylum. At this point, we decided to transfer my
late father`s money
to a more ! reliable foreign account as soon as you take
delivery of the consignment. As the only son of my late
father, I
am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine
partner that
could assist me without the knowledge of my government who
are bent on taking
everything we have gotten. To the best of my knowledge, the
Zimbabwean government had written their counter-part in
South Africa to
radite my two sisters and I to face the laws of the land.
To the glory of
God, the South African has not yielded to this request
because
International Bodies are watching. We have been under close
watch by the
authority hence we cannot travel to take delivery.I am
seeking for a partner
who I have to entrust my future and that of my family in
his hands. I must
let you know that this transaction is free from risk. If
you accept to assist
us, do please contact me with either my telephone or fax
numbers as stated below
to final! ize all the arrangement with the security company
for the delivery of
the consignment to you.
Mr.John Khumalo
Tel:+27 73 442 0232
I will conclude all arrangements with the security
company to clear
the consignment (funds). I will also enlighten you on the
sharing
(70%/30% basis) and the subsequent investment to be made in
your
country with our share with your advice.
Thanks, GOD BLESS YOU
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.John Khumalo
For: (the family).
PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM
THE LINKS BELOW.
http://www.1freespace.com/beetee/nov19_2001.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm
http://www.gta.gov.zw/land%20issues/LAND.htm
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