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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: "Grace Thomas" <grace_thomas05@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:07:09 +0000
Subject: From : Mrs. Grace Thomas.
Dear Sir/Madam,
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me hence you do not know me
personally. However let me introduce myself. My name is Mrs. Grace Thomas
the wife of late Mr. Johnson Thomas, who was murdered during the land reform
Crisis in Zimbabwe. This was when president Robert Mugabe introduced a new
Land Reform Act, which affected all the white farmers and some opposition
black farmers, and it resulted to killings and mob actions by the Zimbabwean
war veterans and some lunatics in the society. Lot of people were killed of
which my husband was amongst the victims.
Before my husband give up to ghost in the hospital where he was admitted for
the gun shots he sustained from the supporters of President Robert Mugabe,
he confided to me about the sum of US$27.8Million (Twenty Seven Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), which he deposited in a
Private Security and Finance Company here in South Africa. He reveled to me
that he deposited the money as a personal valuables belonging to his foreign
business partner because of Security reasons.
He also told me that the most part of the money belongs to the Zimbabwean
Association of Farmers Union but he came in possession of the money during
the land reform crisis after some members were killed and the Union was
dismanttled. He further told me that he intended to use the money to buy
some farm lands in Swaziland and in Lesotho as well as to purchase some new
equipements for the establishment of the new farm businesses.
Right now, my son and I came to South Africa with intention to withdraw the
money from the custody of the Security Company and set up some investment
with the money. But I am afraid of the close distance between Zimbabwe and
South Africa hence I remembered that the most part of the money belongs to
the Zimbabwe Farmers Union. Besides that, the South African Financial law
does not allow Refugees to operate bank accounts. Hence I cannot operate a
bank account in South Africa because of my status as an asylum seeker, I
have no other alternative than to solicit for an assistance of a reliable
foreign businessman or woman who could assist me to relocate the fund to his
or her private bank account outside South Africa and where I can be allowed
to operate a bank account and also have a free investment opportunity as
well as having a rest of mind about the money.
Because of this situation, I am now saddled with the responsibilities of
seeking for your assistance and cooperation to aid me with a foreign bank
account where the fund could be transferred because,this is the only
alternative for me to secure the money. You will also help me to invest the
money in a profitable business in your country. Therefore, if you can help
me with a free spirit,I will compensate you with 25% of the total fund or, I
can enter into investment partnership with you in every investment made with
the money in your country.
Should it be your wish to assist me as I have explained to you, do not
hesitate to contact my financial consultant whom I have secured his service
to work hand in hand with you to accomplish the successful transfer of the
fund out of South Africa to your bank account in your country. His name is
Mr. Clement Dube and his direct telephone number is +27-839-77-5949. You can
also reach him by email at: <c.c.dube@webmail.co.za>
Thank you in advance for your understandings while I look forward for your
urgent reply through me alternative email address written bellow this this
message.
Best Regards,
Mrs.Grace Thomas.
No.16 Milford Street, Sandton.
Johannesburg; South Africa.
Telephone + 27-73-249-6787.
Alternative E-mail: <mrsthomas0109@yahoo.com>
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