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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: "COLLETTE MLABANU" <mlabanu00@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:40:22 +0200
Subject: INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
Mrs. COLLETTE MLABANU.
100 BELLAIRS STREET NORTHRIDING,
GAUTHENG JOHANNESBURG,
SAUTH AFRICA.
TEL: 27-84-978-9909
private email:collettemlabanu@galmail.co.za
INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP
Dear Sir/madam,
With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I
believe would be of great interest to you. I find your contact while I was
doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign
partner that will assist my family and I to transfer fund to his personal or
private account and for investment purpose. I am Mrs.collette mlabanu the
wife of Late Mr. Samuel mlabanu, who was the "Chairman" of the farmer?s
co-operation in Zimbabwe.
It will be necessary to inform you that the {US$22.5M} Twenty two Million
Five Hundred Thousand united states dollars)intended for pitalization of the
investments are presently in the custody of a private security company here
in Johannesburg, South Africa which we require to transfer out of South
Africa immediately for the said investment purposes.
You may have heard of the present crisis in Zimbabwe orchestrated by the
unprecedented Land use Act of the government of Robert Mugabe in which this
government has arbitrarily reclaimed and acquired all farmlands owned by the
white farmers in the country.
This has caused a historical displacement of the white folks who are known
to be the country's main farmers. The ensuing struggles and strife have
brought about the killing and imprisonment of thousands of these white farm
owners by the ruthless government forces designated to enforce this
new order.
My husband, in his good will, joined the international community in
condemning and speaking out against this uncivilized and bizarre policy of
Robert Mugabes government. As a result of my husband firm and upright
position on this matter, a group of assailants suspected to be government
sympathizers attached and killed my husband in cold blood.
Seeing that the entire mlabanu's family was in serious threat of extinction,
we immediately fled Zimbabwe to South Africa, where we have sojourned ever
since as refugee under the United Nations.
Prior however, to my husband untimely death he had sensing the rising
hostilities, sold some of his farm lands and secretly sent the proceeds
{US$22.5m} Twenty Two million Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars
from sales of the farmlands to South Africa. And deposited it in a metal box
with a private security company here in Johannesburg.
We are presently in South Africa as Refugee (Asylum Seekers) We are ready to
come in terms on what you will want my family to offer you for your
assistance in this transaction, for the inconveniences this we cost you and
for accepting to assist us, contact me on the above phone indicating your
interest as soon as possible, on receiving of your acceptance, or my son
Christopher mlabanu in South Africa with me, e-mail address:
christophermlabanu@galmail.co.za, We shall be glad to give you more
clarification on the modalities needed for smooth successful completion of
this transaction.
It is equally important to state here that considering the nature of this
matter, we will required that it is handled most discreetly.
I anticipate your quick response.
Best regard.
Mrs. Collette mlabanu.
(For and On behalf of my family)
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