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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: richadams@sify.com
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:46:47 +0200
Subject: Buniness Proposal
FROM:RICHARD ADAMS
SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL: richadams@sify.com
Hello Dear,
With my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business partner, I
got your contact from internet and I ask if you can be trusted not to break an
agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my mind to contact you and to
offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life depends on.
My name is Richard Adams, the Son of Mr. Alexander Adams of blessed
memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the farmers in Zimbabwe
from the supporters of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms
to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to
surrender all farms to his party members and his followers. My father is One of the most
successful multi-farmers in our country and because he did not support
Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded his farm and burnt everything in the farm,
killing him and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm.
Before his death, my father had a deposited fund with a FINANCE HOUSE IN SOUTH AFRICA to the sum of
(TWELVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS,USD$12.5 MILLION). After the death of my father,
I decided to move to SOUTH AFRICA where I relocated under political asylum as a refugee to seek for foriegn
patner overseas that will assist me move this money out of THE FINANCIAL
HOUSE to your country as I have made up my mind to invest and live in your
country.
I have mutually agreed to compensate you with 15% which is your share
for assistance, and 5% mapped out for any expences whatsoever
incurred in the course of this transaction both locally and internationally.
The remaining 80% will be for me and my family,
which you will help us to invest in your country. Be informed that this
transaction need utmost trust and confidentiality and will only take
about few working days to be concluded, note also that this transaction
attract no risk on your side hence all the modalities is safe. A smooth and
successful transaction has been arranged by me and an attorney who will
assist us in this business. I also look forward to establishing a good
relationship with you.
I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please
treat this transaction strictly confidential for the successful outcome
of it. If you genuinely want to assist, I shall appreciate you furnish me with your personal phone and fax
numbers for easy and urgent communication, and above all for more familarity over phone interaction.
Thanks and God continue to bless you.
Sincerely Yours,
Richard Adams
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