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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" <yvonbalder_1972@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsyvonbalder1@yahoo.de
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:54:13 +0000
Subject: please reply urgently
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 my husband 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 two million, four
hundred thousand US dollars) with a security and financial company in
Nigeria. This money was for buying farm lands in Lesotho, Swaziland, and
also machinery for the farm.
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. 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 grateful
if you can assist me transfer this money out of Nigeria into your company
or personal account for investment purposes as my next of kin and my Late
husband's 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 incure 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.
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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