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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: "andres smith" <andres_smith_772@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:04:18 +0200
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FROM : MR. ANDREAS SMITH
PHONE :27-73- 419- 6611
E-MAIL :andres_smith_772@hotmail.com
NO: 120c cornelia str, TROYEVILLE
CAPE TOWN,SOUTH AFRICA.

Attn:SIR,

URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE /INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.

This letter may come as a surprise to you since you don’t know me in person.
Let me introduce myself ,my name is MR ANDREAS SMITH, the SON of the late
Mr STEVE C.SMITH,who was murdered in one of the land disputes in my country
Zimbabwe.

I got your contact from the South African information Exchange here in
johannesburg, courtsey of network on line.

My father was among the many rich farmers who was brutally murdered in cold
blood by the war veterans of the rulling party Zanu PF ,that is ruled by the
president Robert Gabriel Mugabe for his farm and for supporting the
opposition MDC ,ruled by Morgan Tsvangirai.

Before the land acquisition began my father took me to South Africa to
deposit (US$ 16 MILLION.)
SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS , into a security finance company for safekeeping As
a family treasures.

The land problem started during the end of 2000 ,when the ruling party Zanu
PF gave the war veterans permission to settle themselves on any white owned
farms ,and to force farm workers to support the ruling party Zanu PF by
giving them land and free food.

This resulted in rampant killings and many other violent actions. I am
currently living in South Africa as a refugee with my mother and my two
younger brothers,and have recently decided to invest this money out of South
Africa.

l am afraid of going back to Zimbabwe since Robert Mugabe has won again and
i would not want to incounter the same thing that happened to my father.

If you are willing to assist us as a beneficiary to the consignment,then you
have to provide a liable account where the money will be transfered into in
your country.

I will be willing to offer you 25% of the money for your help ,75% will be
for my family business venture in your country , any expenses that will
incur during this business transactions will be deducted amicablely from my
account.

If you recieve my mail and willing to assist my family, please reply me via
this mail address details or call me with the phone number above and do
include your private contact or fax number for further directives.

while waiting for your urgent response, i wish you all the best.

kind regards,

MR. ANDREAS SMITH.
(for the family).

N.B.Please for it successful,this transaction
demand absolute secrecy and confidential because the
future of my family depend on this money.

_________________________________________________________________
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