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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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• 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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • will_mokorr@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Willington Mokorobindo" <will_mokorr@gawab.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:27:50 +0800
Subject: Good Day,

Request For A Partnership

It may surpprise you recieving this letter from me,since there was no
previous correspondance between us.My name is Willington Mokorobindo a
zimbabwe national, first son to late Mr Nkumo Mokorobindo.who was
murdered with respect to Land disput in Zimbabwe,on the 19th January 2001

Firstly,I got your contact over the internet,when searching for a true
and realiable person in whom I can confide in.Hence,I have written to
you with this business proporsition.

Prior to the death of my Father -Mr. Nkumo Mokorobindo- he had take me
to kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to deposit the sum of Four Million Six
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars,(US$4,600,000.00) in a private
Security Company here in Malaysia.As if he forsaw the looming danger
that was to befall Zimbabwe.This Fund was deposited in a box as a
Private Family Treasury to avoid much Demurrage from the Security
Company.This fund was meant for the purchase of new machines and
chemicals for our Farm and the establishement of a new Farm in Swaziland.

This land problem came,when Zimbabwean President-Mr. Robert Mugabe-
introduced a new Land Act Reform,which saw Acres of land taken from
white Men and some opposite blacks.It wholly affected the Rich white
Farmers and some blacks as well.

This resulted to the killing and some Mob actions by the Zimbabwe War
Veterans and some lunatics in the society.In fact a lot of people were
murdered,because of this Land Reform act for which my Father
was among the victims.

It is against this back ground,that my sister and I decide to relocate
to Malaysia,as a Political Assylum seekers.Having realised,that we can
not invest this fund in Malaysia due to our Assylum Status.Hence,we have
decide to transfer this fund to your Country for investment.Using your
utmost co-operation as a steping stone,since the Malaysian Immigration
Law Prohibits Refugee (Assylun Seekers) to open any Bank account or to
be involved in any financial Transaction through out the Territoral zones
of Malaysia.

As the first son of my late Father,I am saddled with the responsibility
of seeking a genuine Foriegn account,where this fund can be transfered
to,with out the knowledge of my Government,who is bent on taking
everything belonging to my late Father,since they have Frozen
all my late Father's acoount in my Country. What I need is an honest
business inclined individual,inwhom I cam entrust my future and that
of my Family.I must at this point,let you know that this transaction is
100% risk free

As soon as I confirm your strong interest in assisting my Family and I
in this proporsition,what I will require you to do,is for you to make
arrangment and come down to Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia,so you assist me in
opening a non-residential account in your name,which will aid us in the
tansfer this fund into any of your nominated Bank account in your Country
or some where else.This fund I intend to use for investment in your country.

I have two layed down options with regards to this fund:

1. At the conclution of this transaction,you can choose to have certain
percentage of the total sum (US$4,600,000.00) for your honest assistance
in nominating your account,or

2. You can go into partnership with me in a lucrative venture you deem
fit in your Country.

which ever option you prefer,feel free to notify me.I have also set
aside 5% of the total sum for expenditure at the course of this transaction.On
the contrary if you do not prefer partnership,I am willing to give you 25% of
the total sum,while the remaining 70% will be for my Family and I.

However, if the proposal does not conform with your Ethics please, do accept my
sincere apologies. If on the contrary, could you kindly open a correspondence with
me at will_mokorr@yahoo.com, after which I shall furnish you with more information on
the operation.

Lastly,please treat this matter as urgent as possible,for I am in
desparate need to leave this Country soonest. It is also important that
you treat this transaction with utmost confidentiality.

I await your promt compliance.

Kindest regards

Willington Mokorobindo
(For the Family)

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