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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: "Vivian Thambo" <vivianthambo@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:05:35 -1200
Subject: PLEASE URGENT ASSISTANCE
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Miss VIVIAN THAMBO. I am the eldest Dugther of
Late
MR.KASANGA THAMBO of Zuma district in ZIMBABWE.
This might be a surprise to you on how I got your contact
address.
It was from the ZIMBABWE chambers of commerce and Industry.
Consequent upon the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe
by the supportersof President Mugabe, to claim all the white
owned farms to his party members and his followers, he
ordered all white farmers to surrender their farmlands to
his party members and his supporters.
My dad was among the rich and well known farmers in
Zimbabwe, and due to the fact that he did not support such
an obnoxio retrogressive policy of MUGABE his farm was
invaded by MUGABES thugs and everything in the farm,
including my dad were destroyed. He died in the process and
all the valuables in the farm were looted and those they
couldn't loot, were destroyed.
However, before his death, he had deposited with a security
firm, the sum of $8.5m USD(Eight Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States dollars} for safe keeping due to the
heat that was turned on the opposition by MUGABE but the
security company does not know the content of the
consignment since he registerred it as treasure.
It therefore became imperative that we had to move to South
Africa, where he had deposited the money with a
securitycompany, which he declared as valuables and family
treasures.
Meanwile, the consignment has been moved by the security
company to their Off-shore Office.I am therefore constrained
to make this contact in order to seek your help in moving
this fund out from the security firm.
My status as an asylum seeker does not permit me to operate
any account in South Africa.
My family would be willing to offer you thirty percent (10%)
of the total sum for your assistance, five percent (5%) will
be mapped out for payingback/ compensate you for any
contingent expenses that may be incurred in the course of
the transaction, while Sixty percent (60%) will be for me
and my family,which we may hope to reinvest in your country.
Only if you would personally assure me that you would not
sit on this money when transfered into your designated
account overseas.
I would be glad to hear from you as soon as you receive this
message showing your interest to offer your assistance on
this mail box or any of the above email, as time is of great
essence to rap up this project. Thanks and God bless you.
ALTANATIVLY YOU CAN REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
vivianthambo@yahoo.com
Regards.
MISS. VIVIAN THAMBO.
PLEASE URGENT ASSISTANCE
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