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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: "phillip wemba" <phillipwemba@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: mr_phillipwemba@yahoo.com.au
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:21:22 +0100
Subject: Investment Re-Location
From : Mr. Phillip Wemba
Tel: 27 83 75 24 656
Email:wembaphillip@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
You may be surprise to receive this letter since you do not know me
personally. My name is MR PHILLIP WEMBA, the only son of late MR FRANK WEMBA
who was murdered with my mother (MRS.RONA WEMBA) in a land dispute in
Zimbabwe.
I got your countries business publication through the chamber of commerce
here in Johannesburg, South Africa. And after going through your business
executive profile, I decided to write and seek for your assistance in the
problem I have with my Sister.
During the current Crisis against the farmers of the Zimbabwe by 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 supporters invaded my father's farm burnt down
everything, killed my parents and confiscated all my father's investment.
Before the death of my parents in the farm land, my father took me to South
Africa to deposit the sum of US$7.2 Million( Seven Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only ) with a Security & Finance Company, as
he knew the looming danger in Zimbabwe.
The money was deposited as gem of precious stones to avoid much demurrage
from the Security Company. This money was meant for buying of new
machineries and chemical for farms and establishment of new farms in Lesotho
and Swaziland.
I moved to South Africa where I currently residing as asylum seekers. Of
late, when I decided to invest this money here in South Africa, I discovered
that the laws of this country prohibit asylum seekers the right to
investment or to operate any form of bank account. Hence I contacted you to
assist me in transferring this money out of South Africa to your overseas
account for my onward investment.
I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk-free. The nature of
your business does not necessarily matter in this transaction. So, if you
are willing and interested to assist me, I have decided to give you 30% of
the total sum for your assistance, 60% will be for my investment in your
country and the remaining 10% will be mapped out for all expenses we may
incur during the course of the transaction. Note that you would also assist
me in investing my own share of the money in your country.
Finally, if you are interested to assist me in this transaction, I need your
urgent reply through the above Telephone and E-mail. Do not forget to
include your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication.
Please, treat this business proposal with absolute confidentiality as we
proceed.
Best Regards,
Mr. Phillip Wemba
Email: wembaphillip@yahoo.com
N/B.
PLEASE I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN SEND YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE, MOBILE AND
FAX NUMBER TO INDICATE YOUR INTRESTING IN THIS TRANSACTION AND I AM ALSO
APPOLOGIES FOR BRINGING TO YOU THIS MASSEGE THROUGH MAIL DUE TO MY REFUGE
STATUS HERE.
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