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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: "WILO ZAM" <wilozam@netzero.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wilozam@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:23:42 -0800
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP
Sir,
How are you and your family?.
It is my pleasure to write you at this crucial stage.
I found information about you and decided to contact you for an
important assistance. My name is Mr. wilo zam Nkomo a citizen of Zimbabwe, but I
am writing from Cote de Voire.
I am the son of Joshua Nkomo, a wealthy farmer and senior politician
with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for
Democratic Change [MDC]. Our wicked President(Robert
Mugabe) murdered my father, and I fled my country because I have
become his next target to eliminate.
My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a
part wanting to end the several years of brutal dictatorship government of
President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting this web
sites; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/643737.stm
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html
My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers
in fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported
dead. The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was
never seen for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government
cemetery.
My father's associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted
me in fighting for my father's death through the Court and media; the
government saw us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us.
Mr.Martin Olds was attacked and murdered in his house, but fortunately,
before they came looking for me,I received the news and I had to flee
through the border to Cote de Voire to save my life. My arrival here in (Abidjan) Cote de Voire where i am now in assylum still remains like a
dream to me.
Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I need to bring my family and
thatof Mr. Olds out of Zimbabwe as soon as possible before any more harm is
done on them. I am having a huge sum of money in the total sum of
$34.6Million presently hidden with a security company . My father kept this money in
two trunk boxes in disguise as family treasures and could not bank them,
because of the situation in my country. My father's business, farms and banks
account was seized by the government after his arrest and murder.
He told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in
detention and I have made a solid arrangement concerning the shipment of the
boxes out of my country to some where in Europe because we cannot claim it in our
family name or invest it in my country. I was on the process when the danger
came for me to flee my country.
I therefore, need your assistance in securing the funds in your names
or your company to your country or anywhere you think will be safe, so that I
can arrange for my family to join me in your country.
I am willing to offer you 30% of the $34.6Million for your kind
assistance.Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more
details on how we shall proceed .
As I wait for your urgent response, please treat this information as
top secret and send your telephone number so that I can speak with you.
Thank you and God bless.
My mother is aware of my plans, as I am sending her copy of this letter. Also
try to read these web site for more clarifications.
Finally, I will appreciate if you give me your telephone number so
that I can call you for verbal discussion in regards to the seriousness and
urgency of this matter.
Your sincerely,
Wilo Zam Nkomo
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