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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Mrs. Anne Mawambi" <ppersonal08@gmail.com>
Reply-To: myaffairs@jmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:26:10 +0100
Subject: Reply
Hello,
My name is Mrs. Anne Mawambi and my son's name is Jacob Mawambi. I am a
refugee from Zimbabwe presently residing in Midrand, South Africa. I am
contacting you on behalf of the Mawambi family with a great sense of loss
having just finished a customary two (2) year period of mourning for my late
husband, Mr. Gabi Mawambi, 4 years ago. Thank you for your attention, I must
apologize firstly for contacting you by this medium because I had no other
option. I am prepared to offer you a substantial amount of money for you to
assist my family in this venture.
My late husband, Mr. Gabi Mawambi was a very rich Zimbabwean farmer who was
murdered in his farm in the year 2002 by the War veterans who took over his
farm due to his position as Administrative secretary of the Matabeleland
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the main opposition party in my
country Zimbabwe kicking against the wicked acts of Mr. Robert Mugabe, the
incumbent prime minister against the White farmers. As you may be aware,
Prime Minister Robert Mugabe introduced new land reforms, which was
particularly not favorable for the rich white farmers and few black farmers
(my father inclusive). After his death, I had to flee with my son and
daughter to South Africa because we were secretly informed of his plans to
kill us. Before his death, my husband had sold off his farming equipments
and was preparing to re-locate to neighboring Botswana where he was
negotiating another expanse of land to set up another farm, but due to the
tip-off he had received about his farm being up for seizure, he had diverted
the proceeds of sale of his equipments and other monies to tune of
US$12,500,000 (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) into vault
company. As you may be aware, the law prohibits asylum seekers from
operating bank accounts or any involvement in financial transactions of any
kind. All I need is your trustworthiness to be able to entrust the above
said amount and help me with investment opportunities.
I am contacting you with my only son- Jacob, who is 32 years old and the
next of kin to his father's estate. I am gravely sick with Breast Cancer and
require your honest assistance as I am preparing to return to Zimbabwe to
continually seek medical treatment. If this correspondence touches your
conscience, please feel free to contact my son- Jacob Mawambi on his email
address: jacob_jacob01@sify.com he is in a good position to give you further
information regarding the transaction as the next of kin. The funds are not
of illegal origin, it is not being traced or investigated, it is not stolen
money, it is money that my husband made as a farmer and from selling his
farm properties and You're assistance will guarantee you at least 20% of
this money. Please do not ignore this correspondence and treat with utmost
confidentiality due to the volume of money involved. I await your urgent
reply.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Anne Mawambi.
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