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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: janetbarbafa@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:02:13 +0200
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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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