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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: "Richard Duke" <dukerichar@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rw.duke21@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:32:31 +0100
Subject: R.Duke
Good Day,
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 Richard Duke, 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
went on to expel all White farmers in Zimbabwe. He implored the services of
his war veterans to undertake his 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. For further
proof about this please visit the website below
www.guardian.co.uk/weblog/special/0,10627,536901,00.html
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 Zimbabwea (Robert Mugabes)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
Abroad. At present, my money totaling US$17,750,000.00(Seventeen million,
seven hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars) is in oversea 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 to do is to claim this money
from the Courier Company. 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.
Richard Duke
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