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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: nelson_001@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 13:44:30 -0800
Subject: plz i need your help
you may be surprised to receive this strange letter
from me. I am Mr. Nelson Balder, the son of Mr. John
Balder of Zimbabwe. However, I got your address from a
journal in chamber of commerce and industry here in
Nigeria. After due consideration from your profile, I
became aware and assured of your credibility to help
me. My father was among the black rich farmers in
Zimbabwe who was murdered in cold blood by the agent
of the ruling government of president Robert Mugabe
because my father was against the method adopted by
the government on new land reform act that wholly
affected the white farmers in Zimbabwe. Before the
Invasion ,my father took me to Nigeria as if he
foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe and deposited
us$22,400,000.00 (twenty two million, four hundred
thousand us dollars) with a security and financial
company in Nigeria. Please verify the information I
have given you on this web site
:www.zimbabwesituati! on.com this money was for buying
farm land in Lesotho, Swaziland, and also machinery
for the farm.
Heads of government from western world, especially
Britain and The U.S.A, have voiced their condemnation
against Mugabe's new land reform act. It is against
this background that my family has mandated me to seek
assistance to transfer this money to a foreign account
for investment purposes. Presently, I am residing in
Nigeria as an asylum seeker. However, I cannot invest
this money here in Nigeria because Zimbabwe and
Nigeria are close countries and have almost the same
political history. And with the financial laws of
Nigeria, as an asylum seeker, I have no right to own
or open a bank account in my name here in Nigeria.
From the above, you can understand that my entire life
and family's future depends on this money. I shall be
grateful if you can assist me transfer this money out
of Nigeria into your company or personal account for
investment purposes as my next of kin. Please note
that this transaction is 100% risk free. ! For your
effort, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total
sum. Also, I have decided to use 5% of this money to
settle any expenses you may incure during the process
of this transfer. The balance I intended to invest in
a profitable venture in your country or any where you
may advise. The major thing I demand from you is
absolute assurance that this money will be safe when
transferred to your account.
If accepted by you, please do reply urgently and get
in touch with me. I will then furnish you with more
details. I will be happy if you maintain the
confidentiality of this matter because of the
happenings in my country - Zimbabwe.plz mail me on this nelson_001@tiscali.co.uk.
Yours sincerely,
Nelson Balder.
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