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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: "koloma" <koloma@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 22:02:33 -0600
Subject: from a friend
From Barrister,Muhammed Koloma
Attn: PRESIDENT/ CEO
Dear Friend,
I am Muhammed Koloma, the attorney to Mr. Daniel Ford the son of the late
Terry Ford, a farmer In Zimbabwe.
NB: For more information on problems in Zimbabwe see the links below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/772524.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1878846.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/03/18/zimbabwe.farmer http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,181153,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/08/09/zimbabwe.farmers
I am contacting you for assistance due to the recent problems that his family is facing in Zimbabwe. After the last general elections in their country when the incumbent President Mr. Robert Mugabe won he adopted a very aggressive and reform program. During this period of the Land Reform Act of which many rich White farmers were killed, their farmland was attacked, looted and burnt down by militants sponsored by the dictator President Robert Mugabe and in the process his father was killed. Before his death, he had traveled to Europe to deposit the sum of $23,000,000.00 (Twenty Three Million United States Dollars) with a security/finance company in Europe, name withheld pending your acceptance of the offer, as he foresaw the Looming dangers in Zimbabwe. The amount was meant for the purchase of new machineries and Chemicals proposed for new farms in Zimbabwe. This cash was kept with the Security Company for fear of seizure by the Government, as President Mugabe had declared war on white farmers.
They have been unable to travel to Europe due to the recent problems in our country Zimbabwe we cannot secure a visa. It is due to this situation that we have decided to contact you for assistance to make claims of this fund from the security firm in Europe on behalf of the family.
As soon as you claim this fund you will transfer it into your account, deduct your share and secure our share until we come over to your country. For your assistance you will be entitled to 20% of the total fund, While 3% will be used for any expense that we may incur in the course of this transaction.
Note that you will assist us invest our share of this funds in a profitable
business in your country with your supervision. Please get back to me immediately
so we can proceed.
Regards,
Muhammed Koloma Esq
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