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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: jonfoster2@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:05:30 +0200
Subject: Hello..
Good day,
Our present situation has made us decided to send you this email that I am sure will come to you as a surprise. Please we mean you no harm only we are in a desperate situation and need urgent help. After going through this email it will be your decision whether to help this bereaved family or to leave us to our faith but whatever you decide bear in mind that we are in trouble and need your help.
I am Mrs. Elizabeth Foster, the wife of late Mr. Robert Foster the Zimbabwean farm lord, one of the major victims in the land reform crisis in Zimbabwe. You might have read or heard about it. We obtain your contact privately and decided to contact you in view of your profession and confirmed reliability.
Our country Zimbabwe is in a near civil war with no end in sight. The President Robert Mugabe had introduced a new land reform act meant to deprive and relocate all the major Farms in Zimbabwe. This has resulted in the Zimbabwean war veteran and black mob killing, looting and displacing the entire major farm owners in Zimbabwe. Thousands have been killed; my husband and my three children are among the victims as we own one of the biggest modern farms in the Southern Africa region. Before my husband was murdered in cold blood he traveled to South Africa due to the rage and killing and deposited the sum of USD$18,000.000.00 (Eighteen Million United States Dollars) in a Security Company in South Africa. It was deposited as a family valuables to avoid unnecessary attention and high demurrage payment as this money was actually meant for the development and building of an ultra modern farms in Southern African region with all its machineries but he did not live to accomplish this !
dream.
Faced with this situation I ran to South Africa with my remaining family where we are currently residing as political Asylum. Now to claim this fund (USD$ 18,000.000.00) from the Security Company, we will require your candid assistance as a foreigner to retrieve this fund and subsequently plan for a profitable investment where part of this fund could be invested in.
Please do understand that there is no risk of any kind involve in this as all modalities are already in place for a successful conclusion of this transaction. All that we require of you is your reliability and trustworthiness not to take advantage of our vulnerable position in this matter. We have resolved to reward you with 20% of the total sum after a successful completion of the business transaction, 5% will be to offset every expenditure that we might incur as a result of this transaction, 60% will be for proposed business investment and 15% will be used to purchase country home for me and my son John. This money is all we have left for my remaining family and me. I am presently on a sick bed; my ill health is due to the trauma from what I have been through. More so I will need your assistance to help us migrate over immediately this fund is transferred to your account. We need not remind you of the CONFIDENTIAL nature of this transaction, please keep it as such. Contact!
my son John immediately through this email address: jonfoster23@yahoo.co.uk.He is presently in charge due to my ill health.
Remain blessed.
Elizabeth Foster.
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