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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: Yvon Balder <yvon_b@faroweb.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 03:54:20 +0200
Subject: Please Help
My Dear,
You may be surprised to receive this strange letter from me. I am Mrs. Yvon Balder, the wife of Mr.Peterson Balder of Zimbabwe. I got your address from an internet web site here in Jarkata, Indonesia. After due consideration from your profile, I became aware and assured of your credibility to help me.
My husband was among the rich farmers in Zimbabwe who were murdered in cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of president Robert Mugabe because he 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 husband took me to Jarkata, Indonesia as if he fore saw the looming danger in Zimbabwe and deposited US$20,500,000.00 with a Security Finance Company.This money was the payment of a contract my husband executed for the Federal Government.
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 am asking for your assistance to move this money to a foreign account for investment purposes. Presently, I am residing in Indonesia as an asylum seeker. And with the financial laws of Indonesia, as an asylum seeker, I have no right to own or open a bank account in my name here in Indonesia. From the above, you can understand that my entire life and family's future depends on this money. I shall be very grateful if you can assist me move this money out of Indonesia into your company or personal account for investment purposes as my late husband's nominated foreign business partner.
Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free, and 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 incur during the process of this transfer. The balance I intended to invest in a profitable venture in your country or anywhere you may advice. The major thing I expect from you is absolute assurance that this money will be safe when transferred to your account before I arrive for its investment.If this proposal is accepted by you, please reply urgently and get in touch with me so that I will then furnish you with more details.
I will appreciate if you maintain the confidentiality of this matter because of the happenings in my country - Zimbabwe.You can verify the information on this web site <<http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/farm3.11791.html>>
Yours sincerely,
Yvon Balder
please reply urgently To: balder_yvon@yahoo.com
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