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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: benardsmith2@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:12:10 +0200
Subject: Re:INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
From: Mr. Benard Smith (ESQ).
Tel: +27 83 518 5063
E-mail: smithbenard@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,
Permit me to use this medium to contact you for a mutually beneficial transaction.
My name is Mr. Benard smith; I am a lawyer by profession and a member of the South African Legal Council.
In early 2000, I had a client (MR. PAUL MEYER) who was from Zimbabwe. He was one of the few wealthy white farmers from Zimbabwe. He approached me to represent him and be a witness for a deposit he made with a private Security & Finance Company here in South Africa. Mr. Meyer lodged in with the security company the sum of USD$8.2million (Eight Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This money is in a box, which Mr. Meyer declared as personal valuables but he confided in me as his lawyer that the content of the box is cash.
However, it has come to my notice that Mr. Paul Meyer was one of the unfortunate death victims of the Land Reform Problem caused by the Land Reform Act of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, which inclines on evicting White Farmers from their farms.
I have also been notified by the Security Company to provide his next of kin for the redemption of the consignment.
Since January 2005, I have trying to locate his next of kin to no avail hence my contact with you. So, upon your acceptance and agreement, I want to present you as the next of kin to my late client Mr. Paul Meyer so that we can redeem/claim this money together. I have most of the depository documents regarding Mr. Meyer’s deposit with the security company and as the lawyer; the security is ready to accept anybody I represent as the bona fide next of kin.
Please, if you are interested in this business, contact me with the above details so that we can discuss, agree and plan the next step of concluding this transaction plus the disbursement ratio, which is important.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Benard Smith (Esq).
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