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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: paulrossman@sify.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:13:13 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
MR PAUL ROSSMAN
PHONE:+27 83 36 00 597
Email:paulrossman@sify.com
ATTN:Sir/Madam,
CONFIDENTIAL
I am Mr. PAUL ROSSMAN the first son of the late Mr.Raymond Themba Rossman.
My father had served Mr B.H. Lions who was an Irish citizen. my father served him for many years and had inherited his farm after his death.
My father became an executive member of the farmers Association in the western mashonaland province of Zimbabwe. he also became a successful businessman because of the recent uprising in my country and the war veterans and farmers clashing,my father decided that it would be safer if my younger brother and I move to south Africa to escape the violence. And that the previous year he left Zimbabwe with a box containing US$24million which he deposited with a private security company in the United Kingdom.
He also instructed me not to reveal the contents of the box to anyone for security reason.
All the documents pertaining to this deposition are kept with me.Barely two months after we moved to johannesburg,we got told that my father's farm had been invaded and that my parent and most of his workers had been killed.my father's property and farmland have now been take over by the war veterans.
I believe that this has been the work of people who did not like my father because of white owned farms. we could not even attend the funerals of my parents as we also now fear for our dear lives.
0ur reason for contacting you is to seek for your assistance in providing an overseas bank account where we can transfer this fund into for prior investment.Wedo not know much about how to invest this money so we will also need your assistance in this regard.We have agreed to give you a share of the money if you are willing to assit us.should this proposal meet your utmost consideration,please do not hesitate to contact my brother or me on the above telephone number or the email address.
The confidentiality of this proposal cannot be overemphasized as we believe that you will oblige us the needed security and attention it demands.Please treat this proposal with the utmost confidentiality it deserves.
Waiting for your favourable response.
thanks and God bless,
from Mr Paul Rossman
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