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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27725751859 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "robertt zuma" <roberttzuma@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:50:18 +0200
Subject: urgent

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
ROBERT MALAFU ZUMA


A special request for assistance
It is With warm heart that I offer my friendship and my greetings and
hope
this letter meets you in good time. I know it will surprise you to
recieve
these message from me since you do not know me and have not met me in
person, however my name is Robertt malafu Zuma,the first son of
John E. Zuma
the
most popular black farmer murdered in the land reform dispute in my
country
Zimbabwe,
I decided to contact you through email as it is the only means I can
contact
anybody now since I am cutting off ties with the President Robert
Mugabe's
Zanu-PF party led government for political and safety reasons, I
however
apologise if these letter is not acceptable to you as my purpose is to
seek
your most needed assistance which was as a result of the Pesident
introduction of new Land Act Reform and his desire to hold on to power
for
life.
My father's support for the (M.D.C) Movement for the Democratic Change
in
Zimbabwe the main opposition party led to his murder and other innocent
lives.I was threatened to leave Zimbabwe when the danger became
unbearable
having survived two murder attempts.
I am currently staying with my mother in south africa, johannesburg as
political
refugees But before the death of my father however he withdrew all of
the
family business foreign accounts in dollars and sold up his shares with
some
major companies and deposited the sum of (sixty five million Dollars)
in a private financial security company called ALERT SECURITY
(PTY).
the priciple company of Euro Diplomatic & Security Co. in Europe. These
money was deposited with these Security company for safety and security
reasons and was to be used for the purchase of land, new machines and
chemicals establishment of new farms in Africa and Europe.
Actually, our aim is to take these money to a bank so that we can
invest
part of it, but sadly we were informed that the law of south africa
relating to financial investment, it do not permit a refugee (asylum
seeker) to operate an account
or to
be involved in any Financial transaction, we decided then to seek for a
reliable foreigner God fearing partner who is trust worthy to assist us
with
an account to transfer these fund.
We shall arrange a face to face meeting with you and the security
company
either here or in any of their European Office to enable you discuss
with
them and confirm this deposit with your own eyes and more importantly
to
open a company's account with them so that we can instruct them to
deposit
this money into the account after which you will assist us to relocate
with
to your country where we intend to live settle down for proper
investment of
this fund with you assistance and.
Please we know quite well that these assistance will cost you your time
but
be rest assured that I and my mother have resolved to offer you 20% of
the
total sum as payment for assisting us and also make you our investment
manager when relocated in your country.
We shall provide you with every needed document and details required in
this
transaction upon your acceptance for understanding.
Thanks
Robertt m. Zuma
tel: +27 72 575-1859

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