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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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From: "alex williams" <alex_8williams@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 04:35:04 +0200
Subject: TRANSFER (REPLY)
2nd Floor, R&J Building
Kerkstraat 421 Church Street, Pretoria 002
South Africa,
EMAIL:alex_8williams@yahoo.ca,Tell:; 27-371-345-448
Dear Sir ,
I am Barrister Alex Williams a solicitor at Law and the Personal Lawyer to one Mr. Daniel Mahatchi, a Zimbabwe national, who came to South Africa and made a deposit of US$41, 5 million in the Security Company under our supervision / Legal guidance but was assassinated during the ongoing Land Reform crisis in Zimbabwe, on June the 4th 2001, and up till date all efforts to get any member of his family has proved abortive.
Indeed, since then l have made concerted efforts and enquiries through the high commission of Zimbabwe here in South Africa to locate any member of the family or relative. This has also proved unsuccessful. After this several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to look for a foreigner who will now lay claim to the said money lying unclaimed with Security Company since I have all the classified documents to the aforementioned fund.
More so, since I have not been able to locate any relative of Mr. Daniel Mahatchi for over two years now, I therefore seek your noble consent to present you as a business partner or associate to the late Mr. Daniel Mahatchi so that you can now lay claim to the money, so that the fund will be transferred into your overseas account. Thereafter, I and you will share he money as thus: 55% for me and 40% for you, while 5% will be set aside for contingent / miscellaneous expenses incurred during the process of the transaction.
NOTE: That I have all necessary documents to back up this transaction. All l need is your trust, honesty, confidentiality and co-operation to enable us to see this deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law. Please i need your phone and fax number for easy communication.
Yours faithfully,
Alex. Williams,
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