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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: "edward bumayo" <edwardbumayo@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:11:29 +0000
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE.
FROM MR.EDWARD BUMAYO.
ADD:23 Churchill Jhb, central
email edwardbumayo@hotmail.com
TO THE DIRECTOR.
Attn: Sir.
My name is Mr. Edward Bumayo the elder son of late Mr. Godson of Zimbabwe.
It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address but I got
your contact address from the Johannesburg Chambers of Trade and Commerce,
South Africa. During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by
the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned
farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their
farms to his party members and their followers.
My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did
not support the President’s Robert Mugabe political ideology, the
President’s supporters invaded my father’s farm burnt down everything,
killed him and confiscated all his investments. Before my father’s death he
told me that my country is no longer save for us because of President
Mugade's heat on the White farmers to evacuate their properties. He made it
known to me that he had deposited with one of the Security Company in
Johannesburg, South Africa the sum US$20,500,000.00
(twenty million five hundred thousand united states dollars). For purchase
of new farm machinery and chemicals for Agricultural purposes in South
Africa as well as purchase of new hectors of land in Swaziland though the
content of the Box was not disclose to the Security Company.
We have agreed to offer you 25% of the total sum for your assistance, 5%
will be mapped out for any expenses that may incurred in the course of this
transaction and 70% will be for me and my family. My Mother and I have
decided to contact any reliable overseas firm who could assist us to
transfer this money out of South Africa, because we as asylum seeker here in
South Africa we are not allowed certain financial rights like operating a
bank account.
We need you to come to South Africa where you will open a non-resident
account through which this fund will be transferred out to your nominated
overseas account. If you are willing to assist us, kindly contact me via my
email address stated above. I assured you that this transaction is 100%
risk free and absolutely confidential. Your urgent response will be highly
appreciated.
My Best Regards,
Mr. Edward Bumayo
(For the Family)
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