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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: "dikko steve" <stevedikko@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:23:07 +0000
Subject: SEEKING FOR A BUSINESS PARTNER
FROM MR.STEVE DIKKO
20 BUTTER CRESENT
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
TELL; +27 837454895
FAX; +27 735758004
INVITATION BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Kindly accept my apology for sending my email to you. My name is Mr. Steve
Dikko, the elder child of Mr. George Dikko of Zimbabwe. Please I want you to
trust me and help me out in this my condition
During the current crisis against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters
of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our
country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his
party members and their followers.
My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did
not support the president's political ideology, the president's supporters
invaded my father's farm burnt down everything, killed him and confiscated
all his investments. After the death of my father, my mother and I with my
younger sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives.
We took along with us the money my father kept in the safe in my mother's
house (US$38m) Thirty Eight Million United States Dollars to the Republic of
South Africa.
The funds are presently being kept away in the secret vaults of a private
security firm based here in Johannesburg. The officials of the firm believe
they 're helping me in keeping my personal valuables, not realizing that
it's money. My mother and I have decided to contact a reliable overseas
firm/person who could assist us to transfer this money out of the Republic
of South Africa, because we as asylum seeker here in South Africa can not
open a non-resident account through which this fund will be channeled out to
your nominated overseas account.
If my proposition is considered, for assisting us to transfer this money to
your country, we will offer you 20% of the total fund, and 5% of the total
will be set aside to cover any expenses incurred during this transaction.
75% will be for my family and me to invest in your country under your
supervision. Kindly give me a call for more details.
Best Regards,
Mr. Steve Dikko
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