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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: "martin miller" <millermartin66@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:24:09 +0000
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE
FROM: MR.MILLER MARTIN
TEL: +27-83 961 4066
Dear Sir/Madam,
Don’t be surprised to receive this letter, I am MILLER MARTIN, son of (Mr.
MILLER ANGUS A TABACCO FARMS ZIMBWABWE) my father was murdered by Zimbabwe
veterans and critic lack people of ZANU-PF ruling party.
Before the death of my father on the 29th of Feb 2003, he was a prosperous
tobacco and coffee farmer who has invested much in agricultural sector and a
very major sponsor of the opposition party
MOVEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE). President ROBERT MUGABE and his ZANU-PF
ruling party with the new land reform system, the government land being
occupied by whites and some rich farmes who are opposing his consistent stay
in power and radical and unnecessary reforms targeted to ehumanizing his
political opponents and high rate of abuse of human rights which led to the
killing of some members of opposition party including my father, MR ANGUS
MILLER
I acknowledge very well that my father deposited the sum of (U$18) Eighteen
Million, United States Dollars, with a security and financial company here
in the Johannesburg, South Africa with the intention of using it for the
purchae of new farm machineries and chemicals for agricultural purpose as
well as purchasing hectares of land in Zimbabwe.Your contact was courtesy of
Republic of South Africa information network onine. With the high risk of
staying in my country we are now on political asylum (refugee) here in
Reublic of South Africa, my position does not allow me to open an account or
to normalize this fund to any meaningful business transaction, I want you to
understand that this is purely family fund not money laundering affair.
I solicit for your honest assistance to a family shattered by lyric
governmet. I want this fund to be transferred to your nominated account
overseas, with your partnership, I will invest in your country. I and my
mother have agreed to offer you 25% of the fund for your kind asistance then
5% will be for any possible expenses that might occur in the process of the
transactin while 70% will be
for my family investment in your country. Be assured that all the necessary
documents backing this fund has been arranged by me and my attorney, feel
free to ask any question regrding this transaction. Practically, once you
show your willingness to assist us, we can arrange of when to come down here
in South Africa.
Hoping to hear from you soonest, kindly contact me through my mobile phone
number to facilitate this trasaction. I need your urgent and confident
response towards this matter.
Yours sincerely
MILLER MARTIN (MR).
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