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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: "Robert Rhodes" <robert_rhodes07@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:01:22 +0000
Subject: Compliments from Mr. Robert Rhodes
Good day
>From Mr. Robert Rhodes
Katanga Freedom Farms, Zimbabwe
Email; Robert-rhodes@myway.com
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not met,
but please permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Robert Rhodes;
I’m a white Zimbabwean Farmer but currently in hiding.
Katanga Freedom Farms comprises of twelve large tobacco farms and it belongs
to my late father before he was shot down by radical extremist as some will
say. Presently, we have been asked to give back the farms without any
reason, though we all know as foreign farmers, time will come when we will
have to live this country.
My aim of contacting you has become very necessary due to my plan to
relocate to your country so that I can purchase some land and start farming
all over again, as the present political instability in Zimbabwe, has made
it even worst for me and other white farmers to begin farming again since
the killings of white farmers began five years ago.
I want you to know that the Government under the leadership of President
Robert Mugabe announced a decree on May 31st, 2000 that all foreign farmers
must give back their farms, this new law was not acceptable to farmers
because the land they are farming on was bought and belongs to us by law,
but still, we could not do much because we are minority and the President
was the initiator.
During this period, as reported by international media’s and the CNN, more
than six white farmers including my Father was killed and the Government
could not protect us or stop the violence. So far, more than 1,400 white
owned farms have been invaded and confiscated as well as claiming the other
valuable properties belonging to white farmers, please I want to know that
this incident did not happen to my family alone, it took everybody by
surprise.
About 133 white farmers were arrested for defying the orders to vacate their
farms under the controversial land reform program.
Having lived in this country all my life, I simply do not have any other
choice, therefore, I decided to contact you for your assistance, so that I
can divert or relocate. Also, I must re-iterate the importance of having a
citizen from your country to front for me, since I intend to purchase some
land for farming and I do not know much about you land-ownership laws, I
thought it wise to seek your help to act as a proxy for me.
For this purpose, I have put in a security deposit from the ales of my
farming equipments and also all financial profits, all of these are a total
thirteen million United States dollars.
Upon receiving your consent prepare every document to enable you receive
this funds on my behalf, pending my arrival to meet with you in your country
so that we can both make further arrangements with regards to the purchase
of a farm land.
My offer to you might be much, but I want you to know that I intend also to
make you a partner if you don’t mind. But for your assistance, you will be
entitled to 15% of the total sum that you will be receiving on my behalf for
the above purpose.
If you are interested and willing to assist me, you should please forward to
me via my confidential email; robert-rhodes@myway.com; your acceptance
message with your telephone number so that I can give you a ring to talk
more about this transaction.
Thank you for your understanding,
Yours faithfully
Mr. Robert Rhodes
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