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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: "patricia ngumeni" <patriciangumeni@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:29:41 +0000
Subject: CONTACT MY SON URGENT ASSISTANCE

Mrs.PATRICIA NGUMENI.
71 Small Street/Carlton Centre.
Johannesburg South Africa
Tele:-+27-73-300-3369
Email:jamesngumeni@yahoo.com .

Dear NATHALIE PROTSKO,

Compliments and good day,I know you might be surprised and astonish how
dearly I come in contact with your profile e-mail address,I got your
contact from South African Chamber of
Commerce and Industry through a journal when I was making an indepth
research on the International Subscribers list of Yahoo Webpage of a
credible personality that can offer me a genuine assistance and your name
was the one that touched my spirit being.

As stated above, My name is PATRICIA NGUMENI I am 42 years of age, and a
wife and a successor(Dr.JOSEPH NGUMENI) of the Zimbabwean Farmer and a
spokesman of white farmers that was against the leader of Robert Mugabe
(President),Which resulted in mudering of my husband in cold blooded by the
rebel group of the president Robert Mugabe and enventually they burnt and
confiscated my famer's assets.

My grown-up son (James Ngumeni Mr) 25yrs, I and my immediate younger
daughter came down to Republic of South africa as asylum seekers,where the
money was being deposited to the private security company for safe keeping
purpose with out disclosing the contents of the box to them.And With
interests in relocating to your country, and venturing all of our funds in
excess of some US 6.5 Million (Six Million,Five Hundred Thousand US
dollars). For also in your assistance in your line of business, and under
your auspices.

My husband was the founder of the farmers association and the treasurer of
the entire farmers organization, and this money was realised and set-up for
the purchase of sophiscated mechanised farming equipments,like tractors
etc,for the mechanised farming in the country Zimbabwe.You are to take home
20% of the gross for all your anticipated assistance by the time the funds
are successfully lodged in your nominated account(s) overseas while 5% is
set aside for miscellaneous expenses. But first of all we need to know you
more,and also we would need to move the funds and of course ourselves out of
this place as soon as we can possible arrange that to be.

I and my 2 kids have carefully worked out the modalities for the eventual
transfer. You are to participate as our foreign partner in the scheme of
arrangement and management as our fund manager.Note you can call me on my
direct telephone number or my son with same number:-+27-73-300-3369.

Thanks and God bless.

Mrs.PATRICIA NGUMENI.

(For the Family).

Note:Reply to this email upon your interest:-jamesngumeni@yahoo.com

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