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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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  • paulrhodes60@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "paul rhodes" <paulrhodes600@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:38:22 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.

BUSINESS PROPOSAL
FROM PAUL RHODES,
CHIPINGE FARMS, ZIMBABWE
EMAIL: (paulrhodes60@myway.com),

Dear Partner,

Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not
met,permit me however to introduce myself; I am Paul Rhodes, a white
Zimbabwean Farmer, currently in hiding in Zimbabwe. I used to work in
three tobacco farms in Chipinge, and I was also part owner of these farms
which were owned by my late father. I am contacting you as the need to for
me
to have a foreign partner in your country has become necessary due to my
plans to relocate to that country so that I can purchase some land and start
farming all over again, as the present political instability in
Zimbabwe, does not encourage financial investment as the environment is no
longer
conducive for farming investment and most of all,security is not
guaranteed, just as reported by international media.

This problem started when the Zimbabwean government under the
leadership of President Robert Mugabe announced a decree on May 31st 2000 to
seize
more than 849 white-owned farms. During this period, as reported by
international media and the CNN, more than 6 white farmers(including my
father) were
killed; the government is not stopping at this, as the government has
already asked all white-farmers to give up their farms to black farmers
or risk going to prison. So far, more than 1,400 white owned farms have
been invaded and confisticated, as well as claiming the properties of the
farmers.
Also, about 133 white farmers arrested for defying the orders to leave
their farms under the controversial land reform program of the government.
Having lived in this country Zimbabwe for years, I have no other country to
go
to, therefore, I decided to contact you, for your assistance, so that I can
divert my interest in Zimbabwe to a more stable country as yours.

Also, I must re-iterate the importance of having a citizen of your
country to front for me, since i intend to purchase some land for farming, I
do
not know much about your land-ownership laws, I thought it wise to seek the
help of a foreigner to act as proxy for me. For this purpose, I have put in
a security deposit all monies from the sale of my farming
equipment(including tractors etc) and also all financial profits. All these
are a total of
US$18.5million.

I will upon receiving your consent prepare every document to enable you
receive this money 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 land. For your assistance to me, you will be entitled to
a commission of 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
address:paulrhodes60@myway.com,
the following information so that I can reach you:

1. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
2. YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER,

I am waiting urgently for your response, while also requesting that you
treat this matter in strict privacy. Cheers and God bless.

I will give you more details when i hear from you. You can click on the
link below to get a better understanding my situation and why i need to move
out my money:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1068528.stm

Best Regards
PAUL RHODES

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