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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: "Mr.Adu Kojo" <adukojo@africamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: adu_kojo@africamail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:20:01 +0200
Subject: Request
From: Mr ADU KOJO. Adukojo Farms (Pty) Limited Glendale,
Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe.
Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Adu Kojo, a white Zimbabwean commercial Farmer.
I am writing on behalf of a partner, MR JACK ALAN and Myself.
I own two farms : Adukojo Farms (Pty) Limited - an animal and
livestock farm and Landsdowne Farms Pvt - a dairy farm.
Jack owns a cattle farm - Jackwalan Farms (Pty) Limited.
All our farms are situated in Glendale, Mashonaland Central,
Zimbabwe. You may be aware of the question / issue of White - owned
land and the organised seizure of the White - owned commercial farms
under the absurd, controversial and ignoble Land Reform /
Redistribution Programme of President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe -
where White - owned commercial farms were seized and redistributed,
so to speak, free to Black farmers without the commensurate
compensation to the owners.
You may wish to read and know more about the predicament of the
Zimbabwean White commercial farmers based on Mugabe's Brutality on
the following websites by just clicking on any of them:
ham.htm http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/zimbabwe/ZimLand0302-03.htm
http://www.heraldsun.com/nationworld/14-266086.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblog/special/0,10627,536901,00.html
therefore contacting you as the need for us - my partner and myself -
to have a foreign partner has become necessary due to our plan, which
is now the plan of all the Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union in
general, to relocate to another country, as the present political
climate and instability in Zimbabwe does not encourage further
Business / financial commitments.
The security of our lives and property in Zimbabwe are under serious
threat by the day and are no longer guaranteed, just as constantly
reported by most international media.
The whole problem started when the Zimbabwean Government under the
leadership of President Robert Mugabe, in a very bizzare and
controversial circumstances, successfully forced a law through the
Zimbabwean Parliament on May 31, 2000 that empowers the President to
seize more than 849 white - owned commercial farms for redistribution
to amorphous / faceless non - existent black farmers, who are just
his cronies / cabinet members and party faithfuls.
In the euphoria that greeted this charade, as reported by the BBC,
the CNN and other international media, a lot of white owned farms
were swooped by the Government organised protesters and in the
process more than 6 white farmers were killed , many were injured and
lots of property worth millions of dolars destroyed.
The government did not stop at these, as all white farmers have now
been asked to vacate their farms and give them up to black farmers or
face forcible ejection, including a jail sentence.
So far, more than 1,400 white owned commercial farms have been
invaded and confiscated, as well as the seizure of the property of
the affected farmers.
About 350 white farmers have been arrested and jailed for defying the
orders to vacate / leave their farms.
Now, faced with the above unfortunate situation, we have decided to
contact you to assist us, so that we can divert our commercial
farming concern / interests and fortune in Zimbabwe to a more
peaceful country and stable economy to enable us continue with our
commercial farming business.
And since we intend to purchasae land to accomplish this desire, we
thought it necessary, to have a citizen to front for us and act as
proxy, given the fact that we do not know much about the land
ownership laws of your country.
To achieve this purpose, we have deposited all monies from the sale
of our farming equipment, including the tractors, dairy cows,
livestock and all our business proceeds, which in all amounted to a
total of about US$19.5Million, with the golden link finance & security company in spain .
We will worked out all the necessary modality to ensure that the
funds are conveniently moved to your region to enable you receive it
without much inconveniences.
We would like to leave the issue of renumeration for your assistance
open for discussion on terms that would be fair to all and agreed
between us.
So please let us know what percentage you feel would adequately
compensate for your efforts and assistance / services you will
render. If you are therefore interested and willing to assist us,
please forward to us the following information so that we can contact
you for further discussion on this issue :
1. YOUR FULL NAMES AND CONTACT ADDRESS
2. YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. YOUR DATE OF BIRTH We anticipate your urgent response, while also
requesting that you treat this matter in strict confidence, for fear
of retribution by the Government.
Please direct all your correspondence (s) to us through this email
address : (adu_kojo@africamail.com) for purposes of confidentiality.
Cheers and God bless.
Adu Kojo.
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