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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: "Henry Anuh" <henryanuh22@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:39:57 +0100
Subject: Expecting your response.

>From The Office of Dr. Henry Anuh.
Organization for Petroleum
Exporting Countries - OPEC.
Plot #123cbB/Pbv, Main City
Sao Tome and Principe of West Africa.
Email: anuh03@yahoo.com
Date 23/11/2005
Attn,

I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Dr. Henry Anuh. The Head of
Delegation to the World Bank in West Africa. I am the linkman between the
Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC and the petroleum
sector in a West African country. I also attend OPEC meetings constantly in
Geneva on the auspices of World Bank.

Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC, I was able to make
US$30Million, which is currently deposited in a Security company in Europe.
I want you to assist me to claim this money, as I cannot claim it directly
because I am still a civil servant, and the code of conduct bureau forbids
me to acquire such hung amount of money. It is on this basis that I am
contacting you for assistance, if you will be interested; claim documents
have been processed and will be sent to you. The documents with which the
fund is deposited will be changed to reflect you as the new beneficiary so
that you will be eligible to collect the fund on my behalf.

I will give you 25% of the fund for this assistance while 65%will is for me
and 10% will be for expenses that may be incurred on both sides. I am aware
of the international monitoring of all large-scale financial movements after
the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state
of financial investigation I will provide a classified clearance paper from
the relevant body, which will exonerate the money from drug, money laundered
or terrorist related fund.
Kindly respond to my proposal through this my private

Email:anuh03@yahoo.com for security reasons on the receipt of your mail
indicating interest. I want to assure you that there is no risk attached in
this transaction. You should also provide me with your private telephone and
fax numbers for easier communication.

Expecting your response.

Thanks

Dr.Henry Anuh
Sao Tome and Principe

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