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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: "stephen matongo" <s_matongo@msn.com>
Reply-To: s_matongo@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:54:01 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS REPLY
Good Day,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and my greetings, and I hope this
letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising to you to receive this
proposal from me since you do not know me personally. However, I am
sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which I propose with
my free mind and as a person of integrity.
My name is Stephen Matongo , the son of Phiri Matongo, a farmer from
Zimbabwe, murdered in the land dispute in my country. As led by my instict,
I decided to contact you through email, after searching for contacts via the
internet, as it is the only means I can contact anybody since I am cutting
off ties with Zimbabwe for security and safety reasons. However, I apologize
if this is not acceptable to you.
The purpose of this letter is to seek your most needed assistance in a
business venture. Due to the the land and political problems in Zimbabwe, as
a result of President Robert Mugabe's introduction of new Land Act Reform
wholly affecting the rich white farmers and the few rich black farmers, and
his desire to hold on to power for life, my father forsaw the danger that
came in Zimbabwe. Before he was murdered, he withdrew all of our business
foreign accounts in dollars and sold up our shares in major companies. We
then went to Johannesburg, South Africa to deposit the sum of US$8.5 million
(Eight million, Five Hundred thousand US dollars), in a private security
company. This money was deposited with this Private 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 Botswana.
President Mugabe's support for the violent Zimbabwean war veterans and some
lunatics in the society, led to the murder of my beloved father and other
innocent lives. I was continually threatened to abandon my inheritance from
my father after he was murdered. I resited for a while, but when the danger
became unbearable, and I survived two murder attempts, I fled Zimbabwe.
I am currently staying in the Europe where I am seeking political asylum. In
fact my decision to come here to seek asylum, is because the security
company from South Africa, has a branch here, and they have moved the
deposit from their office in Johannesburg here.
I need to transfer this money to an account and invest part of the money.
Since the law of Europe prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank
account or to be involved in any financial transaction, this is why I am
seeking a genuine and reliable partner, whose account this money can be
transferred, hence this proposal to you.
You have to understand that this decision taken by me entrusts my future and
in your hands, as a result of the safe keeping of this money.
If you accept to assist me, all I want you to do for me, is to assist with
arrangements to claim the deposit from the security company from their
office here in Europe, as it has now been transfered from Johannesburg,
South Africa to their branch here. The company will be legally informed of
you representing me.
For your assistance, I have two options for you. Firstly you can choose to
have 10% of the money for your assistance, and helping me open an account
for the money to be deposited here, or you can go into partnership with me
for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country. Whichever
the option you want, please to notify me in your reply.
I have also set aside 1%($85,000) of this money for all kinds of expenses
that come our way in the process of this transaction, and 4% ($340,000) for
Charity donation. If you prefer to accept the 10% for assisting with opening
an account, then 85%($7,225,000) will be left in the account here for me.
Please, I want to you maintain the absolute secrecy for the purpose of this
transaction.
I look forward to your reply and co-operation, and I thank you in advance as
I anticipate your co-operation.
Sincerely,
Stephen Matongo.
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