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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: "benson mhlongo" <benson_mhlongo@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bensonmhlongobm@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:36:57 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL( A CRY FOR HELP)
BENSON MHLONGO
NO.10 ANDERSON STREET,
MANDELA CRESENT
JOHANNESBURG 2001.
TEL 27-73-307-2272
email;benson_mhlongo@hotmail.com
Dear Sir/Madam
My name is BENSON MHLONGO. The eldest son of MR. PATRICK MHLONGO, of
Zimbabwe. You might be surprised as to where I got your contact address
from; I got it from the South African Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg.
During the current war against commercial farmers in Zimbabwe from the
support of our PRESIDENT. ROBERT MUGABE, to claim all the white owned farms
in the country, all the white farmers were ordered to surrender all their
farms to his party members and his followers. My father was one of the best
farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe’s idea,
mugabe’s supporters invaded my father’s farm, killed my father, made way
with a lot of items from my father’s farm and burnt everything else.
After my father’s death, when I was going through his files, I found out
that there is an amount of money which he deposited in a private security
company in Johannesburg, South Africa, as if he knew what was going to
happen in the future. My mother and I, together with my younger sister
decided to move out of Zimbabwe to South Africa. The amount deposited into
the Security Company is US$26.M ( TWENTY SIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
I have now decided to contact an overseas person/firm, who will assist me to
move this money out of South Africa because we are asylum seekers here in
South Africa, and the law here does not permit us to exercise financial
rights.
If you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you the total sum of
20% for assisting us to move this money to your country and 10% is mapped
out for the expenses that may be incurred during this transaction and 70%
will be for me and my family to invest in you country. I will like you to
furnish me with your personal details, phone number for easy communication
and also account details. You can contact me on my Direct contact number:
27-73-307-2272 through my private e-mail: chlkenta@hotmail.com And
modalities on how this transaction will be done shall be revealed to you
once we establish trust between ourselves.
Note: This transaction is 100% risk free and is absolutely confidential.
Thanks and God Bless.
Benson Mhlongo.
[For the family]
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