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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27782608061 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • sam_mozamba32@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sam mozamba" <sam_mozamba32@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 08:14:26 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR YOUR HELP/CALL ME PLEASE

FROM:SAM MOZAMBA.
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL:+27-78 260-8061
E-MAIL:sam_mozamba32@hotmail.co.uk







BUSINESS PROPOSAL/FUND TRANSFER AND INVESTMENT

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ATTN: SIR/MADAM,


You may be surprise to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
personally. My name is SAM MOZAMBA, the only SON of late DR.MORGAN MOZAMBA,
who was murdered with my mother(MRS.SUSAN MOZAMBA) in a land dispute in
Zimbabwe.

I got your email contact through the chamber of commerce here in
Johannesburg, South Africa. And I decided to write and seek for your
assistance in the problem I have. During the Crisis against the farmers of
the Zimbabwe by supporters of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to
surrender their farms to his party members and their followers. My father
was one of the best farmers in my country and knowing that he did not
support the president's political ideology, the president supporters invaded
my father's farm burnt down everything, killed my parents and confiscated
all my father's investment.

Before the death of my father in the farm land, my father took me to South
Africa as the only SON to deposit the sum of US$22 Million United States
Dollars with a Security & Finance Company, as he knew the looming danger in
Zimbabwe. The money was deposited as ''FAMILY TREASURE'' to avoid much
demurrage from the Security Company. This money was meant for buying of new
machineries and chemical for farms and establishment of new farms in Lesotho
and Swaziland.

I ran to South Africa with my sister where we currently residing as asylum
seekers. Of late, when we decided to invest this money here in South Africa,
we discovered that the laws of this country prohibit asylum seekers the
right to investment or to operate any form of bank account. Hence we
contacted you to assist us in transfering this money out of South Africa to
your overseas bank account for onward investment. You will please be
required to come here to help us as my foreign partner to claim the
Consignment from the custody of the Security Company. We will also travel
back with you after the successful transaction.


We must let you know that this transaction is risk-free. So, if you are
willing and interested to assist us, we have decided to give you 15% of the
total sum for your assistance, 80% will be for our investment in your
country and the remaining 5% will be mapped out for all expenses we may
incur during the course of the transaction. I would also like you to assist
us in investing our own share of the money in your country since we don't
have an international investment idea.You were chosen out of our list after
our seven days prayer and fasting with my sister. So our contact with each
other is a divine providence of God.The Security Company has no knowledge of
the exact content of the box. Hence it must please remain top secret to
ensure the success of the transaction.

Finally, we want you to understand that all hope is on you, and we rely on
you believing that you will not betray us when this fund finally transferred
to your overseas bank account. We need your urgent reply through the above
Telephone and E-mail. Do not forget to include your private telephone and
fax numbers for easier communication. Please treat this matter with absolute
confidentiality considering our situation here in South Africa as asylum
seeker. Please be informed that the success of this transaction is centered
on trust,honesty,capability,and confidentiality, which must be our
watchwords to ensure the success of the transaction. Upon your arrival, you
will open a Non-resident Dollar Account in your name where this money will
be deposited for onward transfer to your overseas account. After the account
is opened, you will then help us to retrieve the consignment from the
Security Company for depositing and counting of the money in the bank.

Thank you very much and may the good God bless you and your family
aboundantly as you help us.


Waiting for your urgent response immediately.

Best Regards,

Sam Mozamba and Sister.

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