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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: "John Kabuti" <jkabuti71@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:43:34 +0200
Subject: pls kindly respond
MR.JOHN KABUTI
TEL:+27-73-3386-396
EMAIL:jkabuti71@hotmail.com
ATTN:sir,
Dear, you may be surprised to receive this I write to you,since you don't
know me presonally.I am Mr.JOHN KABUTI,son of Dr.Morgan KABUTI,who was
recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe.
My family used to live in a town called Chinhoyi located in the heart of
Mashonaland about 120km from Harare,the capital city of my country
Zimbabwe,Chinhoyi was largely a peaceful farming area where one can own land
and cultivate it if one worked hard enough.The relative peace existing in
Chinhoyi and our lives were shattered with the beginning of the
ruling party's sponsored land invasion by war veterans who we suspected were
acting with the backing of the government of R.Mugabe.
My late father was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in
cold blood by the agents of the ruling government of President Robert
Mugabe.For his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition
Party controlled by the whites.Before his death,My Father in one of his many
trips abroad took me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US$17.5 Million
(Seventeen Million,Five-Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars)with a security and finance company as if he foresaw the
looming danger in Zimbabwe.Which was mapped out for the purchase of new farm
machinaries,the establishment of new farms in Swaziland and Lesotho.
The money was deposited with the security company on our arrival in
Johannesburg to avoid its seizure and largely for it's safety too.President
Mugabe gave this money to my father for investment purpose while they were
still in good terms.This land problem arose when resident Mugabe who
according to my late father,in a desperate bid to hold on to power for life
introduced a new land act,which wholly affected the rich farmers who were
mostly white and some blacks eventually vehemently condemned the method
adopted by the government. And that resulted in a rampant killings,lootings
and wide scale mob actions by the veterans and some political
thugs.Precisely,more than 31 (Thirty-One)people have been killed and as
i write to you now,at least 40 white and black families have fled rising
violence on their farms in north-western Zimbabwe and about 300 family
mmbers had fled by Sunday from about 100 raided farms.Some were flown ut on
light aircraft to the Kariba airport after mobs blocked several oads.Heads
of government from the western world,especially Britain and th United States
of America have voiced their condemnation against Mugabe'splan, subsequently
the South African Development Council(SADC)has continuously supported Mugabe
s new land reform act.It is against this background that my family and I
currently staying in South Africa s
asylum seekers,have decided to transfer my father s money into a foreign
account.
As the eldest son of my late father,I am saddled with the responsibility of
seeking an honest individual with vast experience in business to helpus
safeguard and invest this money.I am presently living in SouthAfrica,as an
asylum seeker and financial law of the Republic of South
Africa does not allow asylum seekers certain financial rights.In view of
this,coupled to the way this money was acquired,I decided to invest this
money anywhere else inside or outside Africa,but preferably outside
Africa.From the above you will understand that my entire
life and my family depends on this money,as such I shall be very grateful if
you can
assist me to transfer this money out of South Africa to your company or
personal
account in your name,in any of the commercial banks.Please note that by your
offering to assist us,we will on your contacting me over the phone discuss a
suitable compensation for you and also I would like to mention too that this
transaction is 100% risk free and another
major thing I demand from you is a honest answer if you have handled any
transaction of this kind of magnitude before and assurance from you that my
family has your complete trust and assurance that this money will besafe
once transferred to your account.Please I can be reached on my mail address
above.I shall clarify any other question you may wish to ask
me.On proving your honesty we will then forward you the lodging documents
for our
Late father s deposit to prove our claim to you and also for confirmation.I
live a very quiet life here in South Africa trying to make our family
forgetthe recent horrors that we escaped so I please demand that you keep
the existence of our late father s money strictly confidential for reasons
bordering on the safety of myself and my family members.I shall be very
grateful if you maintain the confidentiality of this business forsecurity
reasons.
Looking forward to your reply.
John Kabuti
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