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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: janetgarbafa@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:54:32 +0200
Subject: URGENT REQUEST FOR BUSINESS PROPOSAL
FROM: MRS. JANET.M. GARBA.
TEL: 27 73 227 2785.
Email:janetgarbafamily@yahoo.com
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
ATT: DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
Greetings,
My name is Mrs. Janet. M. Garba, the wife of Mr. Mukadi Garba, the former minister
of agriculture in Zimbabwe located in the Southern Africa. I got your contacts while
searching for reputable and actively involved companies in your country. Currently,
I am in South Africa now as United Nations (UN) refugee, because of my husband's
predicament back home. Perhaps, if you are conversant with world news you can
understand better.
I called your embassy, which described your country as being economically conducive
for investment and people as transparent and trustworthy to engage in business on
which premise me to write you. Though I did not describe the reason for my enquiries
to the embassy. My husband was recently fired from office by a backed uprising of
mass demonstrators and the senate. My husband is presently in jail and facing trial
on charges of corruption, embezzlement and the most serious charge of plunder which
might lead to death sentence. The present government is forcing my husband out of
Zimbabwe to avoid demonstration by his supporters.
During my husband regime as a minister I realised some reasonable amount of money
from various deals that he successfully executed. I have plans to invest this money
for my children future on real estate and industrial production. My husband is not
aware of this, because I wish to do it secretly for now. Before my husband was
impeached, I secretly siphoned the sum of US$16.5m (Sixteen million five hundred
thousand United States dollars) out of Zimbabwe and deposited the money with a
security firm that transports valuable goods and consignment through diplomatic
means. I also declared that the consignment was solid gold and my
foreign business owned it. I am contacting you because I want to You to present
yourself as my foreign business partner to the security company and claim the
money on my behalf since I have declared that the consignment belong to my
foreign business partner. I shall also require you to assist me in investment
guidelines in your country.
I trust you as a God fearing person who will not seat on this money when you
claim it, rather assist me properly I expect you to declare what percentage of
the total money you will demand for your assistance. When I receive your positive
response, I shall refer you to my attorney who is presently with all the depositing
documents and he shall send them to you to enable you proceed to the security
company and claim the money. I shall also let you know where the security company
is and the payment pin code to claim the money, which is very important.
If you wish to help us you can contact us on the above contact address
I will give more details when I receive your reply.
Thank you and God bless.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Janet. M. Garba.
(On behalf of the family)
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