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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: ARTHUR JAWARA <jawara_ar@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 10:14:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Waiting for your urgent reponse
From:Arthur Jawara
Johannesburg
South Africa
Phone+27-83-245-1025
e-mail; jawara_ar@yahoo.com
Attn:Sir/Madam
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me personally the purpose of my introduction is that, I am Arthur Jawara, the first son of Justin Jawara, who was recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe. Hence, I decided to write you out of desperation hoping to receive a favourable response from you very soon.
Before the death of my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit he sum US$18(eighteen million, USDollar) .In one of the private security company, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. This money was deposited in a box as gemstones to avoid much demurrage from the security company. This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and the establishment of new farms in Swaziland.
This land problem came when Zimbabwean President Mr. Robert Mugabe introduced a new land act reforms, which wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black farmers. And this resulted in killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact a lot of people was killed because of this land-reformed act for which my father was one of the victims.
It is against this background that, I and my family who are urrently staying in South Africa decided to transfer my fathers? money to foreign account since the law of South Africa prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial transactions throughout the territorial zone of South Africa.
As the eldest son of my father I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account where this money could be transferred without the knowledge of my government who are bent on taking everything we have got. Hence South Africa seems to be laying along with them. I am faced with the dilemma of investing this mount of money in South Africa for fear of going through same experience in future since both countries have similar political history.
Moreover, the South African foreign exchange policy does not allow such investment as an asylum seeker. As a businessman, who I have to entrust my future and that of my family in his hands I must le you know that this transaction is risk free. If you accept to assist me and my family all I want you to do for me is to make arrangement and come to Johannesburg, South Africa so that you can open a non- resident account which will aid us in transferring this money into any account you will nominate overseas. This money is intended to be used for investment.
I have two options for your firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of the money, for nominating your account for this transaction or, go into partnership with me I have decided to set aside 5% of the money to defray all international and local expenses incurred during the course of the
transaction.
Best Regards,
Arthur Jawara.
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