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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: "Mr Alfred George" <alfred_g112cheers@handbag.com>
Reply-To: alfred_g112@cheerful.com
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:04:26 +0000
Subject: Read And Reply ----- Urgent Massage Asap!!

FROM THE DESK OF: MR. ALFRED GEORGE.
DIRECTOR GENERAL, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
OF NORTH ATLANTIC SECURITY SARL.REPUBLIC OF TOGOLAISE.
E-MAIL..(alfred_g112@cheerful.com).

ATTN PLEASE:

PLEASE YOUR URGENT REPLY TO THIS LETTER IS HIGHLY NEEDED.
-------------------------------------------------------

Dear Friend ,

I know this proposal sounds surprise...Please do reply With good faith i
have come to you about this Legitimate Business of
mine, but i must first introduce to you myself.

I am Mr. Alfred George, The Director General Of Auditing And Accounting
Section In The Foreign Remittance Department of North Atlantic Securities
Sarl Lome Togo Republic. Following the impressive information about you which
I got from Internet Web when I was searching for a reliable person with good
profiles to assist me for this life business opportunity, i am also writting.


I am writing in a respect of unclaimed deposit belonging to a foreigner,Late
mr Arthur Smith of America with account # Nas/1001/44986-00/tg.Who perished
on the plan crash of 31tst october,1999 with egpytian airline 990 with other
passengers aboard. Since the demise of Smith, I personally have watched with
kin interest to see any next of kin or beneficiary to this deposit but no
one has come up for the claim of usd$14.5m(fourteen milion,five hundred thousand
united states dollars)has being in our security vault for a very long time.On
this note, i decided to seek for your noble assistance to help me come for
the release and transfer of this fund into any of your nominated bank account
abroad,

In the sense to make you the beneficiary to this unclaimed deposit.As no
one both friends and relatives has come up as the next of kin to this deposit
and our banking ethics here does not allow such deposit to stay more than
six years, because after six years the money will be confiscated into the
nations treasury as an unclaimed deposit.

In view of this, I got your contact in my country's trade journal after which
i was convinced to contact you and introduce this business with you as a
foreigner.The request of the foreigner as a next of kin in this business
is occassioned by the fact that then customer was a foreigner and a togolaise
can not stand as the next of kin to a foreigner.I have agreed to share this
money with you in the mutual understanding of 65%/35%.You keep 35% while
i keep 65%,How about that???? Thereafter i will visit your country for mutual
sharing between both of us.Bear in mind also that i would like to invest
my own part of the share in your country. As i am almost due for retirement.
For us to proceed towards this transaction,you have to send an application
text to the security company as the next of kin to their deceased customer.


I will send to you a text of application which you shall re-type and send
to the finance house, Upon your response to this mail.I will not fail to
bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should
not entertain any fear as the whole required arrangment has been perfected
for the successfull claim and transfer of this fund. Don't forget to keep
this transaction a top confidential untill we achieve our goal.

Your Urgent Response will be appreciate.

Best Regards,

Mr. Alfred George.
E-mail: alfred_g112@cheerful.com.


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