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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: princesamedwardjnr@terra.com.mx
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 13:42:16 +0100
Subject: FROM:PRINCE SAMUEL EDWARD

FROM:PRINCE SAMUEL EDWARD
JHB, SOUTH AFRICA

Dear Sir,

In appreciation of your esteemed contact which I got through a reliable
source and the choice of your country for investment, let me introduce
myself.I am PRINCE SAMUEL EDWARD the eldest son of PRINCE SAMUEL MPOYO from
Zimbabwe, in southern part of Africa. My father was amongst the few black
farmers who were assassinated in Zimbabwe, by the agents of the ruling government
of President Mugabe for their alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean
oppsition party, which is dominated and controlled by whites. He was also
alleged to be involved in the smuggling of the country's Gold and Diamond
resources. The
assassination arose from the land dispute in Zimbabwe.

This land dispute was caused by President Mugabe's introduction of new land
policy which adversely affected the rich white farmers. Some blacks vehemently
condemned the land use act introduced by the government, this problem metamorphosed
into a serious and uncontrolable mayhem and killings of all war veterans
by the political thugs. Few week before these awful tragedy, my father out
of intuition felt that some like things might happen and had to take the
sum of US$22 Million {Twenty-two million united states dollars} which he
has saved from his hard earned job into a metal box.

He made arrangement and moved the box and the rest of my family to South
Africa. He stayed back in Zimbabwe to know the outcome of the land use act
introduced by the administration of PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE. My father intended
to use this cash for establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland
{neighbouring countries}. On our arrival in South Africa,we immediatly deposited
this box in a Security Company and all the legal documents to this effect
was handed to us. We did not let the company know the actual content of
the box just like we were directed by our father, pending on when he will
come over to South Africa. After one week, we learnt the assasination of
my father and the burning down of our house by political thugs, since then,
we have been living in South Africa as refugees having sought for that status
on political grounds.

Subsequently, South Africa Development Community (S.A.D.C) has continually
supported President Mugabe's new land policies.It is against this reason
that we have jointly made up our mind to seek for a foreign assistance from
outside, to re-invest this money by
transferring it out of this country [South Africa].This idea gave room for
this proposal which I believe you are reading with rapt attention. Now as
the eldest son of my father, I am faced with searching for a prospective
and willing person to assist me in the transfer once the person is willing
to get into certain legal agreement with me and to genuinely assist me without
the intention of diverting the fund from his/her account to another without
my knowlegde thereby rendering me and my family financially helpless.

In a joint agreement between my humble mother, my legal adviser and my self,
we have jointly accepted to offer 15% of the total sum, if you help us transfer
this money. And 5% will be set aside to off-set any bill or expenses that
might be incured in the course of this transaction, and 80% will be for
further investment in your country. Please be aware that this transaction
is 100% risk-free as modalities for the easy and smooth transfer of this
fund have been arranged.

Thank you as I look forward to getting your reply.

Best regards,

PRINCE SAMUEL EDWARD.

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