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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: g_arap <g_arap@telstra.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 02:42:08 -0700
Subject: PLEASE,URGENT REPLY!!!


Dearest friend,
How are you and your family, I am Gideon Arap Moi, the
son of The former president of Kenya
Mr. Daniel Arap Moi.
I came to know you in the course of my search for a
reliable And GOD fearing partner, and I
decided to contact you, Because I believe you are a
reputable person and I feel
You can help me and my mother over this confidential
matter.
I count on your integrity and honesty to be able to handle
this Business.
My father, Mr. Arap Moi, was the former president of
Kenya, In East Africa,
During his reign as the president, he had so many Monetary
dealing with a lot of European
companies in my country And out side my country, and he
uses these companies as a means
Of transferring funds to foreign accounts in Europe
, America and Asia, all these funds where
gotten from the sales of Gold and Diamonds, Amongst the
companies he registered was GOLDENBERG
COMPANIES, Which he uses as front for funds deposit, he
made a transfer of $76,000,000.(seventy
six million American Dollars) to this company which never
existed, the said company has since been declared
bankruptcy and liquidate, and the said funds has been
deposited with a security company in Europe where it
is kept from for safekeeping.
For more information you can click on this website:
(1) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3338023.stm> or,
(2) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3025878.stm%>
And as the only child of my mother who is the 6th wife to
my father the president, he has given to us as our own
share, which is this funds that is with the security
company in Europe.
The money is kept in trunk boxes and was registered as
precious substances, thus there is nobody that knows that
it is
money that is in the box. All the documents with which the
money was deposited is with us (my mother and I) I am
looking for somebody that is capable and willing to travel
to any part of Europe to receive the two trunk boxes of
money
on behalf of my mother and I from the security company.
We need a trust worthy and experience person that will
help
us to invest This money in your country and take us as one
family and will also buy A house for us over there where
we
can live safely We are expecting to hear from you, please
contact me on my Confidential email address:
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation , please include
your Telephone/fax number on your reply.
Best Regards
Gideon Arap Moi












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