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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: wayne smith <waynesmith00027@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: waynesmith00039@myway.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:48:02 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Help
Sir,
This letter might come to you as a surprise as we have not met before,but I believe that you would be
compelled to help me after going through the contents of this letter. My name is Mr Jeff Mog, a divorcee, I
am a Zimbabwean. I am a farmer in Zimbabwe. Basically,I was involved in Agricultural production, until
August (2003), when the government of Robert Mugabe decided to seize all farm-land(s) owned by whites in
Zimbabwe (without compensation). He (Robert Mugabe) did not stop at that; he also wen!
t on to expel all White farmers in Zimbabwe. He implored the services of his war veterans to undertake
this seizure. The war veterans have been accused (correctly) of being behind the violent occupation of
white-owned commercial farms in which an estimated 70,000 farm workers have been displaced. At least,
over hundreds white farmers and black settlers have been killed since the farm invasions began in February
2000.We have decided that we must see this problem to the end. Although we know that we are taking a great risk by
staying here in Zimbabwe. At the Moment, our phone lines are bugged, and all our movements are being
monitored by Zimbabwe’s (Robert Mugabe4s)secret Police. Therefore email is the safest means of
communication for now. We (White farmers in Zimbabwe) have taken our case to the United Nations and even
with the threats of transactions and the subsequent sanctions from the West against the Zimbabwean
Authorities, Robert Mugabe (The president of Zimbabwe) still remains adamant. He is insisting that our farm
land (some of which we bought with our money and most of which We inherited from our fathers) belongs to the
(his) government of Zimbabwe. Since I could not keep the money in Zimbabwe, I used
the services of a Diplomatic Courier Company to move this money (registered as official documents) out of
Zimbabwe to Europe. At present, my money totaling US$28,750,000. (Twenty eight million, seven hundred
and fifty thousand United States Dollars) is in Europe and hopefully, it would be paid into an offshore
account. Can you help me? Are you trustworthy? Can you handle this money? Are you capable of handling this
money? If you can, please contact me All you need todo is to claim this money from the Courier Company.
You will be required to contact the Courier Company that moved this money (official documents) out of
Zimbabwe and to Europe. All necessary particulars which can facilitate and enable you claim the money on
my behalf will be forwarded to you as soon as your consent to proceed is received. For! your assistance,
you will be entitled to 20% of the total sum. You are also obliged to help/advise on the proper and most
convenient way of investing this money in your country, Hopefully, You will consider this request and
respond positively.
yours sincerely,
jeff mog
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