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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27711788712 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Giovanni Mushiriwa" <mr.giovannimushiriwa@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mushiriwamr.giovanni@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:48:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Foreign partner needed urgently.


ATTENTION:PRESIDENT/C.E.O

(private and confidential)
Dear sir/mada



I am Mr.Giovanni Mushiriwa,an accountant and principal overseer with the South African Mining Corporation. i got your contact through network on line in search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves transfer of
fund to a foreign account. This said fund(US$11.5m)Eleven million, five hundred thousand United
States dollar, is a variation and accumulation of equity investment made in the South African Mining corporation in the period of 1999-2001.

This redeemable investment interest, has now matured and has long been cleared for disbursment but with no apparent knowledge of who the investors are as most of
the investors then, were corrupt government officials and their cronies under the obnoxious aparthied regime who used pseudo names and aliases in the transactions,
and could not come up for claims under the present political setting in South Africa.
After due cunsultative sessions with my colleagues in the account Department of the mining corporation
over the fund (US$11.5M), which is now considered as floating fund, we decided to confiscate the fund and placed it in a private trust company for safe keeping,
awaiting further transfer to a foreign account for further business ventures.

What we need now is a foreign partner who can assist us in the transfer of this fund, and also to help invest the fund in a risk free venture. if you are willing to assist us in this transfer, we have agreed to compensate you based on a certain percentage of the
total sum (US$11.5m) through mutual negotiations.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation, and we hope to hear from you soon ,to enable us give you full details of the transactions.Telephone:+27-71 178 8712.

Yours Faithfully

Mr.Giovanni Mushiriwa.



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