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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: "frank anderson" <frankanderson111@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frank-c@organizer.net
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 19:29:39 +0100
Subject: Yokus Oil Business Proposal



Hello,
Gooday, may I crave your indulgence to introduce myself and my mission
to you. I am Mr. Frank C. Anderson, a chartered accountant based in
London. I worked for Khodorkovsky, Mikhail Borisovich a Russian
businessman, as head of the accounting and auditing department in the
company.
Until he was jailed 2004, Khodorkovsky was the C.E.O of Yukos Oil
Company-Russian biggest petroleum company, wealthiest man in Russia,
and the 16th wealthiest man in the world.
http://www.russiaprofile.org/resources/whoiswho/alphabet/K/khodorkovsky.wbp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky
http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wb/Article?id=ar751632

This brings us to the reason for my writing you this very confidential
business proposal from my dealings with Khodorkovsky, Mikhail
Borisovich in the United Kingdom.
Before his sentence, I assisted him in the deposit of saveral funds
with Finance Companies In the United Kingdom These funds have remained
unclaimed since his arrest. As widely practiced, such unclaimed funds are
appropriated by finance institutions as a matter of policy. Considering
the lack of claimant or any of his relatives coming to claim these
funds over the years, I hereby solicit for your consent to be made the
beneficiary to these funds as I strongly believe that the Finance Companies
do not deserve to inherit the funds. With your permission, I will
proceed to establish you as the Beneficiary to the funds with relevant
document from our dealings to back you up. As soon as this is done, the
Finance Company will transfer the deposited funds into your nominated
account. After which we shall then share the funds upon agreed terms.
Expecting to hear from you then I will provide you with further
details.
Regards
Frank C. Anderson

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