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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: mbanismithfamily@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 10:13:08 +0200
Subject: Re: PLEASE WE NEED YOUR URGENT HELP ( REPLY)

MR. MBANI SMITH
MOBILE : +27-96-29266
E-MAIL: smithmbanifamily@yahoo.com

ATTN: SIR/MADAM

Good day! My name is MR. MBANI SMITH the elder son of SIR SMITH NKOSI
of Zimbabwe. This might be surprise to you where I got your contact
address, from South Africa chamber of commerce and industry in Johannesburg.
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the support
of our PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our
country, so he ordered all the white owned farmers to surrender all their farms to
his party members and his followers.
And my father is one of the best farmers in our country because he did
not support his idea and his supporters invaded my father?s farm and burnt
everything in the farm and killed my father and confiscated all his investment. After the
death of my father, me and my mother and my younger brother decided to move out of Zimbabwe
because our lives is still in danger with the money my father kept in his hidden safe in my
mothers house. The amount contained in the safe is U.S.$18,700,000.00 (Eighteen
million seven hundred thousand united states dollars) and we decided to move
through diplomatic means to the republic of South Africa where we deposited the
money to a security company and we were forced to seek political asylum as a
refugee.
So I decided to contact an overseas investor whom will assist us to
transfer the money out of South Africa.
Because we are asylum seeker here in south Africa,
which deprive us not to operate an account with any bank here in south
Africa, neither to invest. If you consider this proposal we have agreed to
offer you 20% of the total sum for helping us transfer this money to your nominated
bank account anywhere in the world, We have map out 10% f! or any expenses it will
cause during the process of this transaction, while 80% will be for my family to
invest in your country. Now, I want you to furnish me with your banking details and
your personal phone and fax number for easy communication. You can contact me with
the above telephone and fax number. Kindly destroy this letter even if you are
not willing to assist us. You can contact me through this email address:
smithmbanifamily@yahoo.com

NOTE: this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.
Thanks and God bless.
Sincerely yours,
PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM
THE LINKS BELOW.
http://www.1freespace.com/beetee/nov19_2001.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm
http://www.gta.gov.zw/land%20issues/LAND.htm


MR.MBANI SMITH (FOR THE FAMILY)

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