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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: "telma savimbi" <telmasavimbi45@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: telma_savimbi@uymail.com
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 08:12:39 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

FIRST PROPERTIES INVESTMENT LTD

(A SUBSIDIARY OF SAVIMBI INVESTMENTS LTD)





ATTENTI: DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

May I use this opportunity to introduce my self as DR.(MRS). TELMA
SAVIMBI I am the wife to the late MR. GREAT JONAS SAVIMBI, the leader
of
the Angolan revolutionary group known as the (UNITA) who died while on
active duty in an effort to liberate our people. I am contacting you
with the believe that we will develop a cordial business relationship
which will be beneficial to both parties.

I am currently in possession of (Fourty Five Million United State
Dollars) which I intended to use for investment purposes specifically
in
your country. The money came about as a result of my late husband's
inability to proceed with the purchase of military hardware, which he
contracted with South African Arms Company. Since the start of our
civil
war the source of funds in prosecuting the war has been from diamond,
which is under our control. My son is the secretary of state mining
under The diamond were always exported to South Africa and art of the
proceeds usually used buying military hardware's, I traveled
immediately
to my late husband's residence in South Africa and discovered the sum
of
($45 Million Dollars) cash hidden under his underground safe.


Due to my status as a refugee, I cannot invest these funds here in
South
Africa, I therefore seek your assistance in transferring this funds
out
of South Africa, all necessary arrangement has been made by me and I
assure you that there is no risk attached to this and we will work out
modalities for the success of this transaction. I promise to give you
10% of the total funds for your assistance and my family will use the
remaining 90% for investment in your country.

I hope that this proposal will interest you.
my son JAMES JONAS SAVIMBI is staying in Spain as a refugee

Please I will like you to keep this transaction at utmost secrecy
whatever your decision will be while I await your response via email
telmasavimbi@uymail.com
(this is savimbi web site)
http://www.empereur.com/angola.html

Regards,
DR.(MRS).TELMA SAVIMBI

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