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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • emanuel_james30@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: emanuel james <emanuel_james30@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 06:38:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: bussines Proposal



email : emanuel_james30@yahoo.com


Address,44 Elof street,(JHB)
South Africa .

ATTN : PLS,

I have the honour and confidence to solicit for a family assistance in
view
of the fact that you are trustworthy and reliable for a confidential
business investment. Obviously, you will be surpriseed to read this
letter
from me consider it as a request from a family in dear need of foreign
investment assistance.

I am Mr, John Marki, the son of Late Mr. Marki Ryantaylor. who was
recently
murdered in a land dispute in Zimbabwe. I was furnished with viable
information about you, from the international trade center here in
South
Africa, and in support with the chamber of commerce (JHB). Hence I
decided
to contact you.

Before the death of my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to
deposit
the sum of US$17.5 Million (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United
State Dollars) as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe. The
money
was deposited in one strong metal box in one of the top security
company
here in South Africa, this money he intending to use in purchasing new
machines for the farms and establishment of a new farm in Swatziland.

This land problem started when the president of Zimbabwe Mr.Robert
Mugabe,
introduced a new land act, which wholly affected the rich white farmers
and
some few black farmers. This resulted in the killing and mob action by
the
Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatic in the society, in fact a lot
of
people have been killed because of this land reform act, of which my
father
was one of the victims.

Currently, my family and I are staying in South Africa as asylum seeker
(Refugees) but our problem is that as refugees we do not enjoy some
certain
right, because the South African foreign exchange policy does not allow
asylum seekers to own an investment, nor to operate any form of bank
account
or to be involved in any financial transaction. It is against this
background that I as the eldest son of my father decided to transfer
this
money out of South Africa, and am saddled with the responsibility of
seeking
a genuine foreign account into which this money could be transferred
to.

As someone whom I am going to entrust my future and that of my family
in his
hand, I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free as I
have
all the legal documents of the deposition of my father's consignment in
the
security company, which he did on my own name. If you agree to assist
my
family, all I want is for you to maintain absolute confidentiality, as
I
will appreciate your immediate response to enable us proceed with the
next
proceedings, which will aid us in transferring this money into any of
your
nominated overseas bank account.

I have two options for you, would you like to have some percentage of
this
money, I have mapped out 25% for your assistance 5% for any expenses
incurred in this transaction and the rest I intend to invest in your
country. The second option is to go into partnership with me in any
investment I would have in your country. If this transaction is
interested
you, you can contact me via the email address above.

As I keenly expect your immediate response.

Yours Truly,
Emanuel james


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