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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: MIKE NKOMO <mikenkomo400@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:11:59 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED
Dear Friend,
How are you and your family today? I hope that you are all okay? I found information about you and
decided to contact you for an important assistance.
I am Michael Nkomo a citizen of Zimbabwe, but I am writing from my refugee camp in Edinburg-scotland.
I am the only son of Kenneth Nkomo, a wealthy farmer and a senior politician with the opposition political
party in my country, Movement for Democratic Change [MDC].
My father was murdered by our wicked President, Robert Mugabe and I fled my country because I have
become his next target to eliminate.
My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a part wanting to end the several
years of brutal dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about
President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting this web sites.
<http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html>
My father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in fighting the government. Few
weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead.
The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen for proper autopsy, they
buried him in the government cemetery.
My father's associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Sweden assisted me in fighting my father's
death through the Court and media, the government saw us as a big treat to them and decided to
eliminate us.
Mr. Olds was attacked and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before they came
looking for me, I received the news and I had to flee through the border to South Africa to save my life.
My arrival here in Edinburg still remains a miracle to me.
Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I need to bring my family out of Zimbabwe as soon as possible
before any more harm is done on them.
I am having a huge sum of money in the total sum of $10.5MUSD (Ten million five hundred thousand
united states dollars ) presently hidden in a safe place.
My father kept this money in a trunk box in disguise as family treasures and could not bank them,
because of the situation in my country.
My father's business, farms and banks account were seized by the government before his arrest and
murder.
He told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in detention and I have made solid
arrangement with a diplomat concerning the shipment of the box out of my country
because we cannot invest it there .
I need your assistance in securing the funds out here (western world) to an account of your choice in
where taxation is not very high, I am willing to offer you 20% of the $10.5MUSD for your assistance.
Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more details on how we shall proceed.
As I wait for your urgent response, please treat this information as top secret and send your phone
number so that I can speak with you.
Thank you and God bless. My mother is aware of my plans,as I am sending her copy of this letter.
Regards,
Michael Nkomo.
MORE SITES ABOUT MUGABE'S BRUTAL GOVERNMENT
<http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/04/64376.html>
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/13/wzim13.xml>
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4332401%2C00.html>
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