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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: Maxwel Ubanko <maxwelubanko200@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:18:48 +0200
Subject: PLEASE I YOUR GOOD HEART ASSISTANT
dear sir/madam,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this letter meets you in good time. It
will be surprising for you to receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally.
However, I am sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which I propose with my free mind
and as a person of integrity.
My name is Maxwel Ubanko the son of Dr steven Ubanko a farmer from Zimbabwe, murdered in the
land dispute in Zimbabwe. As led by my instinct, I decided to contact you through LETTER as it is the
only means I can contact anybody since I am cutting off ties with Zimbabwe for security and safety
reasons. However, I apologize if this is not acceptable to you.
The purpose of this letter is to seek your most needed assistance in a business venture. Due to the land
and political problems in Zimbabwe, as a result of President Robert Mugabe's introduction of
new Land Act Reform wholly affecting the rich white farmers and the few rich black farmers, and his
desire to hold on to power for life, my father foresaw the danger that is coming to Zimbabwe. Before he
was murdered, he withdrew all of our business foreign accounts in dollars to Johannesburg, South Africa
to deposit the sum of US$20.5 million(twenty million, Five Hundred thousand US dollars), in a private
security company. This money was deposited with this Private Security Company for safety and security
reasons, and was to be used for the purchase of land, new machines and chemicals establishment of
new farms in Botswana.
I am currently staying in The Netherlands where I am seeking political asylum. In fact my decision to
come here to seek asylum, is because the security company from South Africa, has a branch here, and
they have moved the deposited fund from their office in Johannesburg to Amsterdam.
Since the law of The Netherlands prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account or to be
involved in any financial transaction, this is why I am seeking your help as a reliable partner, If you
accept to assist me, 27% of the total sum of the fund will be yours.
All I want you to do for me, is to assist with arrangements to claim the deposit from the security company
from their office here in The Netherlands, as it has now been transferred from Johannesburg, South
Africa to their branch here. The company will be legally informed of you representing me.Please, I want
you to maintain the absolute secrecy for the purpose of this transaction. I look forward to your reply and
co-operation, and I thank you in advance as I anticipate your co-operation, I will like if you reply with my
email address maxwelubanko@netscape.net
Thanks,
Your Truely,
Maxwel Ubanko
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