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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: "susan johnson" <susan_johnson01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:21:42 +0200
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE NEEDED
FROM: MRS. SUSAN JOHNSON
NO 33 JAGGER STREET
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Telephone
E-MAIL:susan_johnson01@hotmail.com
ATTN: DIRECTOR/C. E. O
URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE NEEDED
My name is MRS. Susan Johnson, the wife of MR. Joseph Johnson. From
Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact
address. I got your address from the South African Information center.
Although it is no longer news the world knows the way all white farmers in
Zimbabwe are being brutally maltreated by our president threatening them to
leave the country
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of
our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party
members and his followers, he ordered all white farmer's to surrender all
their farms to his party members and his followers. My husband is one of the
best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas,
Mugabe's supporters invaded my husband farm and burnt everything in the
farm, killing my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband's
farm.
Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the Security Company
in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$19,000 000 Million (Nineteen
Million United States Dollars). After the death of my husband, we escaped to
the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in the
Security Company as valuables.
Because of our status as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any
bank account within South Africa or clear this consignment from the security
company. So I decided to contact overseas firms and companies that will
assist me to move this fund out of South Africa for our mutual benefit.
Your assistance as a foreign partner is highly needed because the security
company is ready to welcome anybody with the correct information and
documents covering this fund, which I will give you if you agree to assist
my family and me.
We have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum for your assistance, 5%
will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of
this transaction and 70% will be for me and my family to invest in your
country. Now, all I want you to do is to furnish me with your full
addresses, your country of origin, your personal phone and fax numbers, for
further details regarding this transaction.
You can contact me on the above email address. Note: that this transaction
is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.
Finally, please do not hesitate to indicate your interest and your
willingness so that I will not make further contacts regarding this
transfer.
Thanks and regards
Mrs.Susan Johnson.
(For the family)
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