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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: kaikomoro@handbag.com
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 14:15:46 +0100
Subject: Assist Me.
Attn:
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope
this letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising for you to
receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally.
However, I am sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which
I propose with my free mind and as a person of integrity.
My name is Kaila Komoro Jr. the son of Kaila Komoro Sr., a farmer
from Zimbabwe, murdered in the land dispute in my country. As led by my instinct,
I decided to contact you through the internet as it is the only means I can
contact anybody since I am cutting off ties with Zimbabwe for security and
safety reasons. However, I apologize if this is not acceptable to you. The
purpose of this letter is to seek your most needed assistance in a business
venture. Due to the land and political problems in Zimbabwe, as a result
of President Robert Mugabe's introduction of new Land Act Reform wholly affecting
the rich white farmers and the few rich black farmers, and his desire to
hold on to power for life, my father foresaw the danger that is coming to
Zimbabwe. Before he was murdered, he withdrew all of our business foreign
accounts in dollars to Johannesburg South Africa to deposit the sum of US
$8.5 million (Eight million, Five Hundred thousand US dollars), in a private
security company. This money was deposited with a Private Security Company
for safety and security reasons, and was to be used for the purchase of land,
new machines and chemicals establishment of new farms in Botswana.
I am currently staying in The Netherlands where I am seeking political asylum.
In fact my decision to come here to seek asylum, is because the security
company from South Africa, has a branch here, and they have moved the deposit
from their office in Johannesburg to the Netherlands, since the law of The
Netherlands prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account
or to be involved in any financial transaction, this is why I am seeking
your help as a reliable partner, if you accept to assist me, 20% of the total
sum of the fund will be yours. All I want you to do for me is to assist with
arrangements to claim the deposit from the security company from their office
here in the Netherlands as it has now been transferred from Johannesburg,
South Africa to their branch here. The company will be legally informed of
you representing me. Please, I want you to maintain the absolute secrecy
for the purpose of this transaction. I look forward to your reply and co-operation,
and I thank you in advance as I anticipate your co-operation, I will like
if you reply with my email address, which is kakomoro@netscape.net
Best Regards,
Kaila Komoro Jr.
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