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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: "kathy metu" <kaame009@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: kmet_1@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:12:45 +0200
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
NO.28 HYDE PARK,
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
(URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE)
You may be surprised to receive this message from me since you don’t know me
in person, but for the purpose of introduction, I am Mrs.Kathy Metu, wife of
the late Francis Metu, who was murdered in a land dispute in Zimbabwe.
The SOUTH AFRICA EXCHANGE NETWORK ONLINE here gave your contact to me in
Johannesburg as a reliable and trustworthy to deal with, then I decided to
contact you. My husband was among the few rich Black Zimbabwean farmers who
were murdered by the agents of the ruling government of president ROBERT
MUGABE for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition
party.
Before the death of my husband he took me to South Africa to deposit a sum
of US$7.8Million (Seven million Eight Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) with a security and finance company, as if he knew the looming
danger in Zimbabwe. The money was deposited as Gem/Precious Stones to avoid
much demurrage from the security firm. This money was ear marked for the
purchase of machinery and chemicals for the farms and also for the
establishment of new farms in Swaziland and Lesotho.
The land problem arose when president Mugabe introduced the new land Act
that wholly affects the rich white farmers and some few black vehemently
condemned the ‘MODUS OPERANDI’ adopted by the Government. This resulted in
rampant killing and mob actions.
My family and I are currently staying here in South Africa as refugees or
asylum seekers and have decided to transfer this money to a foreign country
where we can invest it. I am faced with a dilemma of investing this money
here in South Africa with the fear of encountering the same problems in the
future because Zimbabwe and South Africa share the same political history.
Moreover, the South African monetary policies do not allow asylum seekers to
do any investment.
I want to let you know that this business is 100% risk free. So if you are
willing to assist us, my family and I have agreed to offer you 20% of the
total money. 75% will be for us, while the remaining 5% will be mapped out
for all expenses we may incur during this transaction.
Therefore, if you are interested and willing to offer the needed assistance
endeavor to reply through my email address. I also need your private Tel/Fax
numbers for easy communication. Remember to keep this business confidential.
Yours truly,
MRS.KATHY METU
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