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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: "casben xobo" <casbenxobo@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:14:54 +0000
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: CASBEN XOBO.
No; 47 KERT STREET, 4th FLOOR
BRAMFORTIEN JHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE: +27-73-357-2756.
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Maldini,
I know this proposal may come to you as surprise, but let me introduce
myself to you, my name is CASBEN XOBO, a citizen of the republic of
Zimbabwe.
I got your profile from the Johannesburg Chamber of commerce here in
Johannesburg, and I need your assistance to help me transfer the sum of
US$8.2M(Eight million, two hundred thousand united states dollars) into your
personal or company's account.
This fund to be transferred is an inheritance from my late father who was a
very successful farmer in my country, he was killed in the recent and on
going war against white owned farms in Zimbabwe, as the president gave
orders for the farm owned by white to be returned to veterans who fought for
the independence of the country.
This didn't go down with my father and a host of other farmers, and they
spoke out vehemently against the idea, and this culminated in the veterans
taken over the farms which were abandoned by the farmers who were running
for there lives, but my father remained with the thought that he a black
wouldn’t be affected with the on going war, unfortunately our farm was run
over and he died in the process.
In his'will'which was read to us by his attorney, he left the sum of US$8.2M
in a security company in the republic of South Africa. A deposit, which he
made in my name. Now due to my status as an asylum seeker in South Africa,
with their limitations on refugees, the prohibits an asylum seeker from
owning or operating a bank account of any sort.
For this reason, I decided to contact a foreign assistance to assist in
getting the fund from the security company and transferring it out of South
Africa.
If you decide to assist me, I shall give you 25% of the total sum as
gratification for your assistance upon the successful transfer of the fund
out of South Africa.5% of the money to reimburse all expenses incurred
through course of this transaction, while 70%of the money will remain for me
to be invested in a lucrative venture of which i would also want you to
administer, as I have no prior business experience.
If you decide to help me, I shall give you full text information on the
modalities necessary to achieve a successful transfer. Please I would demand
confidentiality in this transaction for security reasons.
Thanking you in anticipation.
CASBEN XOBO
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