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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: "sharley mpofe" <sharley_m@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:04:47 +0200
Subject: WHY I WRITE TO YOU!
FROM: MRS SHARLEY MONICA MCKNIGHT.
MY SON CONTACT NUMBER:+27-73-619-1054}HIS NAME IS MORRIS.
Good day Sir/Madam,
With due respect,trust and humility I write this Letter to you seeking your
help and assistance though It's difficult since we have not met before.
I got your address from the internet through the consultancy directory
during my search for a reliable and honest person to transact this business
with,I believe that you are capable and reliable in assisting this my urgent
request. I am Mrs.SHARLEY MONICA MCKNIGHT, the wife of LATE FREDRICK
MCKNIGHT, the former popular black farmer in Zimbabwe who is also a Famous
politician,in the Zimbabwe political arena.
My husband was assonated by president Mugabe and his men because he(my
husband}refusal to agree with the so called president to take the
lands/farms of the whites who contribute to make the country what it is
today. Because of my husbands sincerity he was constantly briefing the press
on what is going wrong in the country and the autocratic government of
Mugabe.
He was assassinated on 23 November 2001 being Sunday by 8.45pm in Harare,in
Western province of Zimbabwe,the planners of the assasination are well know
by the masses.My dear when this incident occurred at about 8.45pm in
Zimbabwe time,my husband did not die on the spot rather he was rushed to
Harare hospital where he later died.
Before the death of my husband,he had taken me and our son to South Africa
to deposit the sum of US$15.4m(Fifteen million four hundered Thousand United
States Dollars}And now I am in Zimbabwe but my son is in South Africa with
the money deposited in a security company.
Because of the country existing law,which bears asylum seekers/refugee like
him (my son)and also his age is not approve to operate an account that
exceed US$2000.00 and the fear of the South African government not raising
eyebrows about the money there in South Africa,i decided to write to you
seek for your help for this money to be transferred into your private bank
account as all arrangements for a hitch free transfer have been fully
concluded.
And also due to my present condition here in zimbabwe,Mugabe and his allied
have deprived me the right of travelling outside the country,I am having a
deadly cancer of the breast which make me to be worried to see that this
money is in a safe hand before anything happened to me,it is the only thing
left for the up bringing of my children whom are still young before my
husband left me.I want to assure you also that this transaction is 100% risk
free as no other person knows this apart from my first son MR MORRIS
MCKNIGHT and I.
Dear,as for your rewarding kind assistance I have resolved to give you 25%
of the total amount, while 5% have been mapped out for any expenses that
might be incurred in the course of this transaction.and also another 5% will
be given to motherless babies homes,we planned to invest the rest of the
money in your country under your guidance.If you are willing to assist us
try as much as possible to write me so i would inform my son about my
negociations with you.
Dear, bear in mind that our lives and future of my children depend on this
fund and we do hope that this money will be safe, when finally transferred
into your account.i do hope of establishing a rewarding and good
relationship with you and your family after this transaction as soon as
possible.
Please I would like you to keep this transaction highly confidential and
secret considering my son position in South Africa.I have already brief my
son immediately about you.
You can as well read more about the crises in my country on this sites:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/08/12/violence.zimbabwe/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,562148,00.html
Waiting for your prompt and positive response
Thanks for your understanding and God bless you.
Best regards,
MRS SHARLEY M. MCKNIGHT.
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