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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: charlottemotse@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:36:20 -0800
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: CHARLOTTE MOTSE.

#219 LOUIS BOTHA AVENUE,

JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.

TELE:+.27- 73 1798668

ATTN:

I know that you will be surprised to received this letter.Please consider this letter a request from a family I dare need of help.I am MRS.CHARLOTTE MOTSE from Angola,the wife of Brigadier KINGSLEY MOTSE,I got your contact information through word online regarding your trust wothiness.My purpose of contacting you is to help me out of my difficult condition in view of my husband's death.I need your assistance to help me to transfer some money out South Africa into your personal or company's account.

The amount involved is US$11[ELEVEN MILLION UNITEDSTATES DOLLARS].My late husband was in charge of arms purchasing for Angola armed forces and he
generated this money in course of purchasing arms for Angola armed forces.He deposited this money with a private security company here in South Africa in
cash and I assure you that nobody knows about this money except my son and me.All I am asking you is to assist us to transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purposes by arriving here in south Africa to
meet face to face with my son and to act as the original owner of this money.The reason being that I and My sons are living in South Africa as political asylum seekers and the financial laws of South Africa do not allow
Asylum seekers certain financial right.

As the Wife I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking for a genuine foreign account or foreign business partner who could assist in transfering this money into who can hold on trust for my family pending when I and my sons shall come over there for family investment.Hence I shall be very grateful if you can assist us.For your effort,I am prepared to offer you
25%[US$2,750,000.00] of the total money while 5%[US$550,000.00] Will be set aside for local and international expenses incurred during the course of the
transaction.The remaining balance 70%[US$7,700,000.00] is for my family.

Finally,Modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we have established trust and confidence in each other.Principally,you
are going to deal with my son OBERT MOTSE, I am presenlty sick.

As soon as you get this message,Please contact us with this E-mail Address and also you can reach my son ROBERT MOTSE through his Direct telephone number +27-73 179-8668 for more details.The assurance I will always give you is that this transaction is 100% risk free.

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,

CHALOTTE MOTSE[MRS].
For the family].

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