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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@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vivianthambo@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:06:10 +0000
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.
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