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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: "JOHNSON MOYO" <johnsonmoyo_50@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:55:47 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR HONEST AND KIND ASSISTANCE
FROM: JOHNSON MOYO
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-83-4033-512.
johnsonmoyo_50@hotmail.com
Dear Sir,
My name is MR. Johnson Moyo the elder son of Mr.Kenneth Moyo of Zimbabwe.
During the crisis against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters
of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our
country, he ordered all thewhite famers to surrendred their farms to his
party
members and their followers.
My father was one of the best farmers in the coutry and knowing that he did
not support the president's ideology, the president's supporters invaded my
father's farm and burnt down everything,killed him and confiscated all his
investments.
After the death of my father, my mother and I with my younger one's decided
to move out of Zimbabwe for the saety of our lives. WE took along with us
the money my father kept in the safe in my mother's house, which amounted to
the sum of 21 Million United States Dollars(twenty one million united state
dollars) to the Republic of South Africa. The funds are presently being
kept away in the esecret vaults
of a private security firm based here in Johannesburg. The oficial of the
firm beileves they are helping me in keeping my personal valuables not
realizing that it is money.
My mother and myself have decided to contact any reliable overseas firm /
person who could assist us to transfer this money out of the Republic of
South Africa , because we as asylum seekers here in South Africa cannot
open a non-resident account through which this fund will be channeled
out of to your oversease account.
Of my proposition is considered, for assisting us to transfer this money out
to your country, we will offer you 25% of the total fund, 5% of the total
will be set aside to cover any expenses incurred during this transaction.
70% will be for me and my family to invest in your country under your
supervision.
For detailed information, you can contact me on my e-mail address above or
you call me on my phone.
Best regards,
Johnson Moyo(FOR THE FAMILY).
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