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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: andy kent <andy_21_kente@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:02:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Family In Need Of Foreign Assistance
FROM MRS ANDY KENTE
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
TELE:27-83-5248-617
FAX :27-11-6482-447
FAMILY IN NEED OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO
It is with mine heart full of hope that i write to seek your help in the context below. i am MRS. ANDY KENTE, the wife of the late MR DUKE KENTE, who was assassinated some months ago in HARARE. having gotten your contact from the family library no doubt about your capacity and good will to assist me in receiving into your custody{for safety} the sum of US$15.M{FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS}deposited in my late husband's favour, for investment purposes in abroad. During the current WAR against farmers in ZIMBABWE and from the support of our president ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers, My husband who was ONE of the best farmers did not support his idea so the party members invaded my husband farm and burnt everything in the farm, They killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband's farm.
After my husband was killed, my children and i have no other option than to ran out of ZIMBABWE because our live were in danger. This money is currently deposited with a finace and security company in a trunk box as personal belongings, here in REPUBILC OF SOUTH AFRICA. Fortunately, our family LAWYER had secretly protected the 'personal will ' of my husband and have strictly advised without delay for security reasons, the government had earlier placed foreign transfer embargo on all our family members seized known local and international outfit of our business empire.
The situation has been so terrible that we are virtually living on the assistance of well wishers and few sympathizers of my late husband in view of this plight therefore expect you to be trust Worthy and kind enough to respond to this call to save my children and from a hopeless future. i hereby agree to compensate your sincere and candid effort in this regard with 30% of the total sum when finally received in your local bank account, 5% will be for any expenses that may inure during the transaction. The attorney has perfected arrangements with the bankers to effect complete dislodgment of this money within a week of the receipt of your respond, They have equally guaranteed 100% RISK FREE and smooth transfer.
PLEASE, contact my son MR ROBERT KENTE Through my telephone number indicated above.
I look forward to your quick response.
Thanks and GOD bless.
MRS ANDY KENTE
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