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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: "godwin johnson" <godwinjohnsonc58@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:06:41 +0200
Subject: My name is Godwin Johnson
**
*ATTN: Dear Sir/Madam*
*
My name is Godwin Johnson, the first son of late Paul Matane. on **the 15th
December 2008**; my father Johnson. Matane is a great *
*farmer in **Zimbabwe**. It might be a surprise for you to receive this
letter from me and most especially where I got your *
*contact address. I got your contact information from Global Trade Agent
under the South African Chamber of Commerce and *
*Industrial in **Pretoria**. *
*During the current crisis against the farmers in **Zimbabwe** by the
supporters of President Robert Mugabe to claim all white *
*owned farms in the country, he ordered all white farmers to surrender their
farms to his party members and his supporters; my *
*father was one of the black farmers and opposed the president actions
towards the white farms.
My father was at the same time killed on the process of fighting back the
invaders. After two months I lost my mother and the *
*president gave order to confiscate all our properties including the
farmland. After the incident, my younger brother and I *
*decided to move out of **Zimbabwe** to **South Africa** for the safety of
our lives.
My late father told me on his bedside about a finance company, in which all
the relevant documents (depository agreement) *
*was handed over to me by him to go ahead and transfer this money out of the
country for investment.
The total amount is US$ 5m Five **United States** Dollars) was lodged into
the security company in a metal box and the contained *
*box was not made known to the security company, rather it was declared to
them as gold and precious metals.
Due to our president status in **South Africa** and the nature by which we
entered **South Africa** we do not reserve the right to *
*operate or maintain a foreign dominated account as refugees. For your
kindness I agree to give you 20%,
please I need your advice as an elderly person. Please contact me with
this e-mail address.
godwin_johnsons@yahoo.fr
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged,
give me your private telephone and fax number *
*for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will
be remitted. This transaction is 100% risk free.
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*I wait to hear from you as soon as possible.
Yours Faithful,
Godwin Johnson PLEASE REPLY ME godwin_johnsons@yahoo.fr*
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