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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: "Dr CHARLES BROWN" <brown_c2005@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: charlesbrown50@webmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:25:58 +0200
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL BE APPRECIATED.
FROM DR.CHARLES BROWN
JOME MED/HOSPITAL PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA.
120 CHURCH STREET.
P.O.BOX 001.
Dear Friend.
My name is Dr CHARLES BROWN, the dentist in Jomo Med. Hospital Pretoria. I am a SHEIGH. Four days ago, a woman visited the musk and after prayers, she approached me and narrated her life story. Her name is Mrs. stella wetaego and she is a member of H.A.D WOMEN group in Zimbabwe. Her husband was a big farmer and a victim of the crises in Zimbabwe which was as a result of a new land act reform introduced by President Robert Mugabe. As the manager of her husband farms, she keeps all important documents for her husband. Among the documents is a file containing documents her late husband used to deposit fund with a security and finance company here in South Africa. According to her, this money was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and establishments of a new farm in Swaziland.
After narrating this story, I asked her to see me the following day with the file containing fund depositing documents. When I saw the document and the amount involved USD28.2M (Twenty eight million two hundred thousand dollars). Because of my position and what is happening in the world today, I and my attorney took her to the security and finance company for verifications and we confirmed everything as genuine and original.
This woman is a refugee here in South Africa and refugees are not allowed to open bank accounts or involved in any financial transactions in South Africa. Also this fund is in dollars and must require a foreigner for the claims. I am writing this letter to entrust the life / future of this woman and her family to you believing that you will not betray the trust and confidence I may have in you. All I am asking is your assistance to claim and transfer this fund to your bank account in your country or your overseas nominated bank account keeping this fund in your custody for this woman and her family to join you for a proper investment under your supervision.
The woman has agreed on two options of compensation for your assistance. Firstly you can choose to have a certain percentage of the money or go into partnership with her for a proper profitable investment of the money in your country. If you do not prefer a partnership, she is willing to give you 25% of the total fund. She has also mapped out 5% of the total fund for all kinds of expenses that might be incurred in the process of the transaction. If you are willing to assist this woman, please contact me immediately on the avove-mail address
Best Regards,
Dr CHARLES BROWN
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