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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: "denis kuruneri" <denisku12@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: deniskuruneri4u@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 15:45:52 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

DENIS Kuruneri
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
+27 833348916.

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

My Dear,

I am certain you will be surprised to receive this mail from me; indeed, I
sincerely apologize for the embarrassment this might cause you. However, I
wish to state, that it is sincerely necessitated by my present plight and I
pray you will readily be of tremendous assistance

I am Denis Kuruneri, the first son of Jacob Kuruneri, a farmer in Zimbabwe
who was recently murdered in the land dispute in my country.

I got your contact through the chambers of commerce hence decided to write
you. Before the death of my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to
deposit the sum of $14,800,000.00 (Fourteen Million Eight hundred United
States dollars), in a bank, as he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe.

This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the
Farms and establishment of new farms in Swaziland.
This land problem came when Zimbabwean President Mr.Robert Mugabe introduced
a new Land Act Reform wholly affecting the rich white farmers and some few
black farmers, and this resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean
war veterans and some lunatics in the society.

In fact a lot of people were killed because of this Land reform Act for
which my father was one of the victims. It is against this background that,
my family and I fled Zimbabwe for fear of our lives and currently staying in
Johannesburg, South Africa where we are seeking political asylum and mores
have decided to transfer my father's money to a more reliable foreign
account. Since the law of South Africa prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker)
to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial transaction
throughout its the territory.

As the eldest son of my father, I am saddled with the responsibility of
seeking a genuine partner that could assist me without the knowledge of my
government who are bent on taking everything we have got. I am faced with
the dilemma of moving this amount of money out of South Africa for fear of
going through the same experience in future, both countries have similar
political history.

As a businessman, I am seeking for a partner who I have to entrust my future
and that of my family in his hands, I must let you know that this
transaction is risk free.

If you accept to assist my family, all I want you to do for me, and me is to
make arrangements with my bank contact here in South Africa, and transfer
this money to your account in your country and make arrangement for us to
come over to your country.

Furthermore, this money I intend to use for investment. I have two options
for you. Firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of the money for
nominating your account for this transaction.
Or you can go into partnership with me for the proper profitable investment
of the money in your country. Whichever the option you want, feel free to
notify me. I have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses
incurred in the process of this transaction. If you do not prefer
partnership I am willing to give you 20% of the money while the remaining
75% will be for my investment in your country.
Contact me with this email address or telephone number above, while I
implore you to maintain the absolute secrecy required in this transaction.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours Faithfully,

DENIS KURUNERI.

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