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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27735052802 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • nkosi_zuane@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "nkosi zuane" <nkosi_zuane02@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:58:03 +0000
Subject: urgent reply is needed




Tel: +27 73 505 28 02
Email: nkosi_zuane@yahoo.com



Attn: THE CEO

Dear Sir

I wish to introduce myself, my name is nkosi zuane. I am a mine economics
directorate, In the department of minerals and energy. In the Republic of
South Africa.

I am interested in doing business with your company in the way of an
investment out let in the operations or manufacturing industrial sector, my
position in the department is to ensure that all mining business venture are
evaluated on the basis of sound, technical and factual information and that
regulatory costs can be and are planned to be viably internalized in actual
cash flows, thorough economic assessment of prospecting application.

Some time last year the department of minerals and energy identified the
need to up grade some old mine for safety and productive proposes ($ 20,000
000.00) twenty million dollars was budgeted in order to achieve this aim.
But due to a long ancestral land dispute in the areas that this mines are
located, this project was suspended indefinably with the funds still under
my control. I want to invest this money with a prospect company out side
South Africa with the assures of good return of investment.

I have also made arrangements with security officials on how to get the
money out of South Africa.

Please contact me only through the above telephone numbers and email address
above for as you can see this transaction must be kept strictly confidential
and I will also want to know what the returns of this investment will be.

I sincerely look forward to hear from you

Best regards


MR NKOSI ZUANE

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