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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: "m_aba1313 m_aba1313" <m_aba1313@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pba232002@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 18:54:05 +0000
Subject: reply soon pls!!
Attn.My Dear.
My name MR.Peter Ben, the eldest son of Dr. ENAGUA BEN, from Zimbabwe.This
letter might come as a surprise to you about where I got your contact
address and how I knew you. I got your address from secretary ,and i decided
to contact you for an assistant, which I do hope you will take
this matter into consideration.During the current war against the farmers in
Zimbabwe from the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms for his party members and his followers, he ordered all
white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his
followers.
My father was one of the biggest farmers in our country and because he
strongly opposed Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's
farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with
a lot of items in my father's farm.Before his death, my father had deposited
with one Security Company in Holand, the sum of US.DOLAR.10.5 (Tin Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This was money he planned to
use in buying new machinery and to set up a new farm in Swaziland. After the
death of my father,l decided to escape to BENIN Republic because of
continued harassment from Mugabe and his supporters.As the senior man in the
Family, l decided to contact you to assist me to securing this money for an
inestment into your country to help my entire family.It has been in the
security company in holand just for safe keeping although the courier
comapny were not aware of the content of the case because it was convey as
personal valuable goods,I have all documents with me as of when it was
deposited in a Security Vault for safe keeping.
Presently i am already in Benin, while I need to seek political asylum to
secure my staying in this country as we are not allowed to operate any bank
account within Benin republic.For your role in this transaction, me and my
family have agreed to offer you 25%of the total sum for your assistance, 5%
will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred tax as your
government may require. in the course of this transaction and 70% will be
remained for us(me and my family) to invest in your country.All I want you
to do is to help me secure this money into your personal bank account and
equally help me in investing this money into a lucrative business in your
ountry for my family. I asure you of a 100% risk and legal transaction.has
perfected arrangements with the Trust Company concerned and has been assured
100% risk free and safe operation. What I demand from you now is to arrange
to visit the Finance Company where this money is being deposited and claim
it as the bona-fide owner. And in due course, all contacts must be made
through this E-mail:pb232002@walla.com telephone number +229 95713752 As you
respond to me for more informations please forward your phone and fax
numbers for easier comunication as you get back to me.And Thanks and God
bless.
Best regards,
MR.Peter Ben
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