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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: "John Kumba" <jkumba104@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: jkumba34@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:04:35 +0000
Subject: urgent

FROM;JOHN KUMBA.
Email:jkumba34@yahoo.co.in

Dear sir/Ma,

My name is John Kumba,the elder son of Mr. Smith Kumba of Zimbabwe .
During the current crisis against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the
supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white
owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white and rich black
farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their follower.
My father was one of the best farmers in the country and a major
financier/sponsor of the opposition party[Movement for Democartic
Change MDC,and knowing that my father did not support the president
Political ideology, the president&#146;s supporters invaded my father&#146;s

farm,kill him and took over it.

After the death of my father, my mother and I with my younger brother
decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives. We took
along with us the
US$22.7 Million we get from the auctioning of our estates,farms and
other businesses belonging to our family.

The funds are presently being kept away in the secret vaults of a
private security firm based here in Johannesburg South-Africa.The
officials of the firm believes they are helping me in keeping my
personal Valuables, not realizing, that it is money.

My self and my mother have decided to contact any reliable overseas
firm/person who could assist us to transfer this money out of The
Republic of South Africa, because we as asylum seeker here in South
Africa cannot open a non-resident account through which this fund will
be channeled out to your nominated overseas account.

If my proposition is considered, for assisting us to transfer this
money to your country, we will offer you 20% of the total fund, and
5% of the total will be set aside to cover any expenses incurred during

this transaction. 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your
country under your supervision.

For detailed information, you can contact me on this
:e-mail address:jkumba34@yahoo.co.in or phone number +27 72320 3102.
I will like you to give me your private phone and fax number in your reply
to this mail.

NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE
CONFIDENTIALITY AND DESCIPLINE. THIS TRANSACTION IS
100% RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

Best Regards,

KUMBA JOHN

N.B: Please reply me via above email address.

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