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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: "yvon balder" <y_balder@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: yvonbalder_1972@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:16:54 +0100
Subject: kindly reply please
My dear,
You may be surprised to receive this strange letter from me. I am Mrs.
Yvon Balder, the wife of Mr. John Balder of Zimbabwe. I got your address
from an internet web site. After due consideration from your profile, I
became aware and assured of your credibility to help me.
My husband was among the rich black farmers in Zimbabwe who were murdered in
cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of president Robert Mugabe
because he was against the method adopted by the government on new land
reform act that wholly affected the white farmers in Zimbabwe. Before the
Invasion, my husband took me to Nigeria as if he foresaw the looming danger
in Zimbabwe and deposited US$5,400,000.00 (Five million, four hundred
thousand US dollars) with a Security Finance Company(Global Security Finance
Company).
This money was the payment of a contract my husband executed for the Federal
Government Of Nigeria during the military regime of Late Gen.Sani Abacha who
was his very good friend. Heads of government from western world, especially
Britain and The U.S.A, have voiced their condemnation against Mugabe's new
land reform act. It is against this background that my family has mandated
me to seek assistance to transfer this money to a foreign account for
investment purposes. Presently, I am residing in Nigeria as an asylum
seeker. However, I cannot invest this money here in Nigeria because Zimbabwe
and Nigeria are close countries and have almost the same political history
of official corruption in high places. And with the financial laws of
Nigeria, as an asylum seeker, I have no right to own or open a bank account
in my name here in Nigeria. From the above, you can understand that my
entire life and family's future depends on this money. I shall be very
grateful if you can assist me transfer this money out of Nigeria into your
company or personal account for investment purposes as my late husband's
nominated foreign business partner.
Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free, and for your effort I
am prepared to offer you 20% of the total sum. Also, I have decided to use
5% of this money to settle any expenses you may incur during the process of
this transfer. The balance I intended to invest in a profitable venture in
your country or anywhere you may advice. The major thing I expect from you
is absolute assurance that this money will be safe when transferred to your
account before I arrive for its investment.
If this proposal is accepted by you, please reply urgently and get in touch
with me so that I will then furnish you with more details. I will appreciate
if you maintain the confidentiality of this matter because of the happenings
in my country - Zimbabwe.
Yours sincerely,
Yvon Balder.
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