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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: "Thakia Kalokalo" <thakialo777@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:05:07 +0700
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME.
Good Day,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and mygreetings, and I hope this
letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this
proposal from me since you do not know me personally.
However, I am sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which
I propose with my free mind and as a person of integrity.
My name is Thakia Kalokalo, the first son of Sir.Michael Kalokalo, of the
most popular black farmer from Zimbabwe, murdered in the land dispute in my
country. As led by my instinct, I decided to
contact you through email, after searching for contacts via the Internet,
as it is the only means I can contact anybody since I am cutting off ties
with Zimbabwe for security and safety reasons.
However, I apologise if this is not acceptable to you. The purpose of this
letter is to seek your most needed assistance in a business venture. Due to
the land and political problems in Zimbabwe, as a result of President Robert
Mugabe's introduction of new Land Act Reform wholly affecting the rich white
farmers and the few rich black farmers, and his desire to hold on to power
for life, my father fore-saw the danger that came in Zimbabwe.
Before he was murdered, he withdrew all of our business foreign accounts in
dollars and sold up our shares in major companies. We then went to SOUTH
AFRICA to deposit the sum of US$22.5 million (Twenty-two million, Five
Hundred thousand US dollars), in a private security company. This money was
deposited with this Private Security company for safety and security
reasons, and was to be used for the
purchase of land, new machines and chemicals establishment of new farms in
Europe. President Mugabe's support for the violent Zimbabwean war veterans
and some lunatics in the society, led to the murder of my beloved father and
other innocent lives.
I was continually threatened to abandon my inheritance from my father after
he was murdered. I rested for a while, but when the danger became
unbearable, and I survived two murder attempts, I fled Zimbabwe. I am
currently staying in the
Netherlands where I am seeking political asylum. In fact my decision to
come here to seek asylum, is because the security company from South Africa,
has a branch in Europe and they have moved the deposit from their office in
Johannesburg down here in Europe.
I need to transfer this money to an account and invest part of the money.
Since the law of Netherlands prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any
bank account or to be involved in any financial transaction, this is why I
am seeking a
genuine and reliable partner, whose account this money can be transferred,
hence this proposal to you.You have to understand that this decision taken
by me entrusts my future is in your hands, as a result of the safe keeping
of this money.
If you accept to assist me, all I want you to do for me, is to assist with
arrangements to claim the deposit from the security company from their
office in Europe, as it has now been transfered from Johannesburg, South
Africa to their branch here. The company will be legally informed of you
representing me. For your assistance, I have two options for you.
Firstly you can choose to have 10% of the money for your assistance, and
helping me open an account for the money to be deposited here, or you can go
into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment of the money
in your country. Whichever the option you want, please to notify me in your
reply. I have also set aside 1%($225,000,00) of this money for all kinds of
expenses that come our way in the process of this transaction, and 4%
($900,000,00) for Charity donation.
If you prefer to accept the 10% for assisting with opening an account, then
85%will be left in the account here for me. Please, I want you maintain the
absolute secrecy for the purpose of this transaction.
I look forward to your reply and co-operation, and I thank you in advance
as I anticipate your co operation.
You can reach me via email on thakialo777@netscape.net
Sincerely,
Thakia Kalokalo
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