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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: jessicascott@mailbox.co.za
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:36:00 +0200
Subject: Pls Confirm Receipt
ATTN:DIRECTOR/CEO,
URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANT
With due respect, I write you this proposal, which I
believe would be of great interest to you, I found your
contact while I was doing a private research through
chamber of commerce for a reliable and capable foreign
partner that will assist my family and I. I am Mrs Janet
Scott, the wife of late Dannis Scott of Zimbabwe.
During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe
and from support of our President Robert Mugabe to
claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the
white farmers were ordered to surrender their
farms to his party members and his followers. My husband
who was one of the best farmers in our country and
treasure of the farmers cooperation did not support
his idea and so the party members invaded my husband's
farm and burnt everything in the farm, killed my
husband,my first son who would have graduated this
year as a medical doctor and made away with a lot
of items in my husband's farm.
After the death of my husband during the month of
February 10th 2002 presidential election in zimbabwe,
I and my family decided to move out of Zimbabwe
because of our lives were in danger . The amount
my husband had deposited in a private security
company here in south africa before he was killed was
US$15M (Fifteen Million United States Dollars) This money
was mearnt for the purchase of agricultural equipments.
Owing to the turmoil being experienced by my family we
decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where my
husband had already given me instructions and details of
the fund he had deposited.
This money was deposited as valuable items.Again
when we arrived South Africa we had became assylum
seekers (refugees),now we came to find out that our life
has suddenly been made difficult as the South African
Moneytary policy does not allow us as refugees
to operate bank accounts or make financail
investment.I cannot but contact you to be my foreign
partner to help me and my family in the transfer
of this fund out of South Africa as it is all we have
and hope on now.
So if you consider this proposal I have agreed to give
you 20% of the total sum for helping me to transfer
this money out to your country and 5% will be mapped
out for expenses both of us incures during this
transaction while 75% will be for my family and I
to invest in your country. Contact me on telephone number:+27-72-720-7880
Email:jessicascott@mailbox.co.za
Note that this transaction is 100% risk-free and
absolutely confidential for security reasons.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Janet Scott
{For the family)
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