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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: "MR.RICHARD PHILIP," <richardphilip02@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:38:43 -0800
Subject: SEEKING FOR ASSISTACE
FROM MR.RICHARD PHILIP,
NO:65 GARDEN STREET
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27-73-568-8851
ATTENTION:
I know you will be surprise to read from me, but please consider this letter as request from a family in dire need for your assistance. Firstly I must introduce myself. I am MR.RICHARD PHILIP, from ZIMBABWE, I am the first and only son of MR. JAMES PHILIP, I am presently residing in South Africa.
I got your contact from the South African Information Exchange (S.A.I.E.) in Johannesburg and On behalf of my mother who is a widow MRS. CECELIA MOYO, I decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of US$20.5M (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in your personal or company?s account. Before my fathers death he was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers and the agent of the ruling government of President Robert Mugabe for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwe opposition party controlled poisoned him by the white minority.
Before his death he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit this money to a Security and Finance Company. This money was deposited in a box as gemstone to avoid much demurrage from the Security Company. This money was earmarked for purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and to establish new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland. In his will he specially drew my attention to this sum of US$20.5M (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that he deposited in a safe box in a private Security and Finance Company here in Johannesburg, South Africa.
IN FACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND QUOTE: ?My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to this money which I deposited in your name in a box with a Security and Finance Company in Johannesburg, South Africa. In case of my absence on earth caused by death. You should solicit for a reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purpose.?
>From the above, you will understand that the live and future of my family depends on this money as much. I will be grateful if you can assist us. We are now living in South Africa as Asylum seekers and financial laws of South Africa does not allow Asylum seekers certain right to such huge amount of money, in which you are required to come down to south Africa for the opening of non resident account on your name to deposit this said sum for onward transfer into your personnel or companies account pending my arrival for investment.
In view of this, For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 25% of the total fund. While 5% will be set aside for local and international expenses and 70% will be kept by my family and me. Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done and conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves.
Looking forwards to your reply and please treats as very urgent.
Thanks,
Best regards
MR.RICHARD PHILIP,
FOR THE FAMILY)
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