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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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From: "MR BEN ATUBA" <ben40charles@netscape.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: benatuba@netscape.net
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:55:28 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
MY Name is Mr. BENJAMIN ATUBA the son of Late Mr. GEORGE ATUBA of Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address; I got it from the internet when i was searching for a honest person. Don't be worried because I am contacting you in good faith. During the crisis against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers. George was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the President political ideology, the president supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt down everything, killed him and my mother confiscated all his investments. I will like you to take a look on these website <http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html>
Before this unpleasant incident, my mother and George had already visited Accra GHANA to deposit the sum of Twelve Million Three Hundred United States Dollars ($12.3M) in the safe vault OF DIAMOND TRUST BANK here in Accra Ghana. This action was taken because George felt the growing tension on the farm issue but I guess he never anticipated the tragedy that brought their brutal and sudden death. At the time of deposition, the real content was not disclosed to the BANK; instead, it was deposited as Family Valuables. After the bloody incident, I had to escape out of my country for the safety of my lives. i seek refuge in Accra Ghana and i am permitted to reside here as Political Refugees under section (5.9). Because of my present and unpleasant status, I am contacting you to assist me with the convenient and legal transfer of the funds out of Accra Ghana. Also you must know that this transaction is subjected to the following terms/condition!
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1. My conviction of your transparency, honesty, and diligency.
2. That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
3. That the fund would be transfered into an account where you would have absolute control over it.
Moreover, with respect to your compensation, I would appreciate it if you could let me know what your consideration would be for your assistance (I mean your percentage share expected). In view of this, I thus demand that you treat this fund transfer confidentially and urgently, as I here-by look forward to your reply by sending to me your personal datas including your telephone and fax #through my e-mail email address; benatubaconsult@netscape.net <javascript:parent.ComposeTo(>
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