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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: stella moyo <stellamoyo00002@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:22:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE NEEDED URGENTLY.
MRS STELLA MOYO
@
Mr PRINCE .JOHN MOYO.
PHONE.+27-736-629-622..
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL.stellamoyo00002@yahoo.com
ATTN: C.E.O/MD,
FAMILY IN NEED OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
DEAR ONE,
It is with heart full of hope that I write to seek your help in the context below.Iam MRS STELLA MOYO,the wife of the late Sylvester MOYO Who Was assassinated some months ago in Harare.Having gotten your contact from the family library,I have no doubt about your capacity and good will to assist me in receiving into your custody(for safety)the sum of US$9.6M(NINE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS )Willed and deposited in my late husband's favour,for investment purposes in abroad.
During the Curent War against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the Support of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country,all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers,My husband who was
one of the best farmers did not support his idea so the party members invaded my husbands farm and burnt everything in the farm;they killed my husbandand made away with a lot of items in my husband's farm.
After my husband was killed, my children and I have no other option than to ran out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger.This money is currently deposited with a finance and Security Company in a trunk box as personal belongings, here in Republic of South Africa.
Fortunately,our family lawyer had secretly protected the ' personal will' of my husband and have strictly advised that the willed money be urgently moved into an overseas account of trusted foreign family friend without delay for security reasons, the government had earlier placed foreign transfer embargo on all our family members seized all known local and international outfit of our business empire.
The Situation has been so terrible that we are virtually living on the assistance of well wishers and few Sympathizers of my late husband in view of this plight therefore,I expect you to be trust Worthy and kind enough to respond to this call to save my children and I from a hopeless future. I hereby agree to compensate your sincere and candid effort in this regard With 20% of the total sum when finally received in your local bank account, 5% will be for any expenses that may incure during the transaction.The attorney has perfected arrangements with the bankers to effect complete dislodgement of this money within a week of the receipt of your response,they have equally guaranteed 100% risk free and smooth transfer. please kindly send your telephone and fax numbers for easier communication.
Please contact my son Mr PRINCE .JOHN MOYO.through his private phone number +27-736-629-622. for more clarifications inrespect of this transaction
I look forward to your quick response.
Thanks and God bless.
MRS.STELLA MOYO
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