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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: "martin biya" <martinbiya@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 06:24:52 +0000
Subject: FAMILY REQUEST FOR HELP

FROM VICTOR GEZI.
TEL:27- 73-202-0541


ATTENTION,




FAMILY REQUEST FOR HELP

My name is MARTIN BIYA, the elder son of Mr. JOHN BIYA of Zimbabwe. This
might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I got
your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg ,
South Africa.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of
our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party
members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all
their farms to his party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe's ideas,
Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the
farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my father's
farm. Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security
Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$18.5 Million (Eighteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).with my name,and made
every documents with my name both the certificate of depositry.

Then after the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of
South Africa where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as
valuables. So,I decided to contact you to assist me to transfer this money
out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate
any bank account within South Africa.

We have agreed to offer
you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any
expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 75% will
be for me and my family to invest in your country. All I want you to do is
to furnish me with your full personal phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.

You can contact me on the above Telephone number.Note that this transaction
is 100% risk free and absolutely
confidential.


Thanks and God bless.

Best Regards.

MARTIN BIYA
(FOR THE FAMILY}

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