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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: "palross man" <palrossman2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:44:06 +0200
Subject: RE: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
FROM: MR PATRICK ROSSMAN
24 HILLS TREET, RANDBURG,
JOHANNESBURG, S/AFRICA
Sir,
RE: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
This Letter Was First Sent To You Via Post Mail Two Months Ago, But Up
till Now, I Have Not Heard From You. Based On This, I Decided To Reach You
through this means, though, I Know For Security Reasons, This Is Not
The Safest Means To Reach You, But Was Left With No Other Viable Option
Since There Is The Press in Need To Reach You. I Am Quite Sure That This
Will Surprise You Since I Have Not Been Having Previous Correspondences With
You.
You may be surprised to receive this message from me since you don’t
know me in person, but for the purpose of introduction, I am MR Patrick
Rossman. The Son of the late Jonathan Rossman, who was murdered in a land
dispute in
Zimbabwe.
The SOUTH AFRICA EXCHANGE NETWORK ONLINE here gave your contact to me
in Johannesburg as a reliable and trustworthy to deal with, then I decided
toContact you. My Father was among the few rich Black Zimbabwean farmers
who were murdered by the agents of the ruling government of President
ROBERT MUGABE for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean
opposition party. Before the death of my father, he took me to South Africa
to
deposit a sumof US$20 Million (TWENTY Million United States Dollars) with a
security and finance company, as if he knew the looming danger in Zimbabwe.
The
money was deposited as Gem/Precious Stones to avoid much demurrage from the
security firm. This money was ear marked for the purchase of machinery and
chemicals for the farms and also for the establishment of new farms in
Swaziland
andLesotho.
The land problem arose when President Mugabe introduced the
new land Act that wholly affects the rich white farmers and some few black
vehemently condemned the ‘MODU OPERANDI’ adopted by the Government.
This resulted in rampant killing and mob actions.
My family and I are currently staying here in South Africa as refugees
or asylum seekers and have decided to transfer this money to a foreign
country where we can invest it. I am faced with a dilemma of investing this
money here in South Africa with the fear of encountering the same problems
in
the future because Zimbabwe and South Africa share the same political
history.Moreover, the South African monetary policies do not allow asylum
Seekers to do any investment. I want to let you know that this business is
100%
risk free. So if you are willing to assist us, my family and I have agreed
to offer you 20% of the total money. 75% will be for us, while the
remaining 5% will be mapped out for all expenses we may incur during this
transaction.
Therefore, if you are interested and willing to offer the needed
assistance endeavor to reply through my email. I also need your private
Tel/Fax
numbers for easy communication. Remember to keep this business confidential.
Thanks.
Yours truly,
MR Patrick Rossman.
Kindly reply me using this Email Address: pp_rossman222@yahoo.co.uk
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