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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: "abib omar" <abibabib14@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:37:46 +0000
Subject: YOUR HELP IS NEEDED URGENT TO MY FAMILY
Omar jr
Jhb,South Africa
Address:123 Kingfisher Drive
YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NECESSARY
Hearts filled with emotion and pains, and with utmost sincerer and honesty,
we the family of Late A .Omar decided to contact you, and believe you can be
of great assistance to us at this time of tribulations. I am Omar Jr, the
first son of A .Omar farmer and leader movement for democratic change
(Medic)in Zimbabwe who was murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe.
Before the death of my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit
the sum of Usd$25,000M(Twenty Five Million Dollars), in a Security
Company, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. This amount was
meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and the
establishment of the new farms in Swaziland. This land problem came when
Zimbabwean President Mr. Robert Mutable introduced a new Land Act which
wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black farmers. This
resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some
lunatics in the society. Infarct, allot of 45people have been killed because
of this land reformed Act for which my father was one of the victims.
It is against this background, that I and my family who are currently
seeking asylum in South Africa decided to transfer my father's money to
foreign account since the law of South Africa prohibit a refugee (asylum
seeker) to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial
transaction. As the eldest son of my father, I am saddled with the
responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account where this money could
be transferred without the knowledge of my government who are bent on taking
everything we have got. I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount
of money in South Africa for fear of going through the same experience in
future since both countries have similar political history. Moreover, the
South African Foreign Exchange policy does not allow such investment as an
asylum seeker. Thus, as a foreigner, whom I want to entrust my future and
that of my family in your hands, I must let you know that this transaction
is risk free. If you accept to assist us, we will be pleased to welcome you
in Johannesburg, South Africa so that you can open a non-resident dollar
account where this money will be first deposited, which will in turn aid in
transferring the money into any account you will nominate overseas.
This money I intend to use for investment. I have two options for you,
firstly, you can go into partnership with me for the proper profitable
investment of the money in your country or take 20% of the total sum for
nominating your account for this transaction, for I am in real need for
genuine assistance. Whichever the option you want, feel free to notify me as
I have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses incurred
in the process of this transaction. While the remaining 75% will be for my
investment in your country or joint investment as the case maybe.
Contact me with these my telephone/fax number, while I implore you to
maintain the absolute confidentiality required in this transaction, because,
with the recent elections held, and the ball still in the governments court,
I now have no other choice than to seek urgent means of investing what is
only left of us after the death of my dear father. I pray God to guard my
life and that of my whole family as we await your reply.
Omar Jr
TEL,27 83965-1212
Alt Email;abibabib5@webmail.co.za
For The Family
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