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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27737948512 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • frieddmugabe@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "fried mugabe" <frieddmugabe@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:03:41 +0200
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

FROM DR.FRIED MUGABE.

E-MAIL ; frieddmugabe@hotmail.com
PHONE;27=73-7948-512

DEAR SIR/MADAM

I understand quite well that this message will sound so strange to you but
it is a very serious matter that we need to tackle together very urgent.
Before i proceed further,Let me formally introduce
myself to you .I am DR. FRIED MUGABE, the first adopted son of president
Robert Mugabe, the current Zimbabwean President. I am contacting you today
for an urgent assistance to transfer into your account the sum of
US$25,000.000.00(TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

I hope that you may be aware of the recent differences that is going on
rigth now between my father and the opposition party in my country, this
also brought about the commonwealth community sanctioning my father and
freezing all his foreign account both in America and britain.This decision
was carried out during the 4days commonwealth meeting that was held in
malawi in a part of South East Africa recently.

It will interest you to hear that i never supported my fathers treatment to
the white zimbabwean citizens, and this has seriously brought about some
personal misunderstanding between me and my father.I have been opposing him
since the past five (5) years fighting so hard to see that he leaves the
presidential seat after governing for the past 22 years On this account i
disassociated myself from him and we do not have any thing in common right
now.He even forced me to leave the country with immediate effect after
receiving the sanction from the common wealth community, Although he thought
that i am behind his delimma. In the year 1996 when i was in good term with
my father, he gave me a treasure box containing the sum of US$25,000.000.00
(TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) to deposite in a private
security company in South Africa for safe keeping, so i did exactly as he
instructed me without disclosing the actual content of the box to the
security company,every documents was signed and documented in my names and
details.this money has been lying in the security company for the past 7
years.

Now that he sent me out on exile, i left zimbabwe to South Africa where i am
currently seeking political assylum.My aim of travelling to South Africa was
to claim the money and transfer it out of South Africa to any other country
that will be safe for investment. I am contacting you therefore on the
account that you will support me with your foreign account and to come over
to South Africa so that we can both claim the fund together, and then we can
travel down to your country for proper investment of the fund.

I have visited the security company and made every neccessary enquiry
concernig the fund and it is still intact in the security house.I will
compensate you with 20% of the total sum (i.e US$5,000.000.00) and i have
set aside another 5% (i.e US$1,250.000.00) for any expenses that may be
incured during the transaction. Please this is a very confidential matter
that needs utmost secrecy and confidentiality, so i am really pleading to
you to try as much as possible to keep every aspect of this confidential.
Please also do not reveal it to any one as my hope and futture solely depend
on this money and if you are willing to work with me and assist me on this
transaction,then do not hesitate to contact me immediately by sending me
your TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS,and reply me through my e-mail address for us
to carry on with the next step of the transaction.

Hoping to receive your positive response soonest.


BEST REGARDS,
DR. FRIED MUGABE.


PHONE (+27-73-794-8512)

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