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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: "prince zurma" <p_zurma_jr@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: princezurma_jr@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 01:51:39 +0000
Subject: Family Investment Help
HUMBLE ASSISTANCE
FROM: PRINCE ZURMA JR.
11 Bok Street, Johannesburg
South Africa
Mobile: +27 761368698,
Fax: +27 11 5075879
To: Manager
How are you and your family today? Fine I hope, I am Prince Zurma Jr. the
only son of (Prince Daniel Zurma a black farmer who was murdered in farmers
crisis in Zimbabwe late 2003) My prayers for help led me to obtain your
contact through your e-mail and I believe you may be willing to assist us on
this issue, meanwhile I am sorry to bother your attention.
Furthermore, there is a little big problem we are facing with the supporters
of our President Robert Mugabe concerning the new land rules, which
specified that all foreign farmers should give up their farmland to his
party members, which was not supported by my father and other farmers. For
that reason, the supporters came into our home and seized my father's
properties, our farms, also blocked my father's bank account in Central Bank
of Zimbabwe, on the process, my beloved father died.
Before this problem occurred, my late father deposited the sum of
US$17Million in one of the security companies here in Johannesburg as a
family treasure to avoid much charge/demurrages and this money was intended
by my father to purchase machinery and chemicals for our farms and to
establish new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.
I have been prohibited to send or receiving money here in South Africa due
to my refugee status from United Nation Refugee Camp here, I will be
grateful if I can heard from you so that you will help us open a
non-resident account in your name here in Johannesburg, which will empower
the authority to allow us to transfer the money to your bank account in your
country for our investment.
If you are willing to help us, I will offer you 20% of the money for your
assistance, 5% is for both expenses, which we might be incurred on the
process, 75% will be for our investment project anywhere apart from South
Africa/Zimbabwe.
From the above, you will understand our problems. The major thing I request
from you is absolute assurance that this money will be safe when
transferred, also to maintain the confidentiality of this matter to avoid
the knowledge of our government supporters who bent to take everything from
us, please call me before you send me a fax for security reason. May
almighty God bless you and your family.
Best Regards
PRINCE ZURMA, JR.
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