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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: "RICHARD SULLIVAN" <engrsullivan112@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: engineersullivan@login.cz
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:56:54 -0500
Subject: From Mr. Sullivan

Engineer Richard Ibe Sullivan
Shell Petroleum South Africa.
E-mail: engineersullivan@login.cz

Attn: MANAGING DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT/CEO

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Richard Ibe Sullivan, a director of contracts evaluation and
implemention department
of Shell Petroleum,South Africa. I am married with Children and hold degrees
in Economics
and Petro-chemical Engineering. I require urgently your unreserved
assistance in providing
me with a safe and reliable bank account with full details, where I can
transfer the sum
of $20.5M (Twenty million five hundren thousand United States of American)
Dollars The
purpose of the transfer is to take care of my retirement by investing in a
viable
business you might deem fit to advise.

This sum of money was generated as a result of over-invoiced contracts
awarded by my
colleagues and I, and I have arranged for the money to be remitted out
through a reliable
expatriate partner whom I can present as the beneficiary, as my present
status and
financial resources will not be sufficient for me to handle the transfer
successfully without the
financial assistance of a reliable foreign partner.

I got your profile from our chamber of commerce and it is with business
trust that I
write to request, you partner with us to facilitate the transfer of this
money to your
nominated bank account for our mutual benefits. (20%) will go to you for
your efforts and
your contribution, 5% is for miscelleneous expenses incurred by both
parties, and 75% will be
shared between me and colleagues which will be use for business investment
in your country
under your supervision.

Please if you are interested, send the underlisted information to enable us
commence,

(1) YOUR BANK NAME.
(2) YOUR BANK ADDRESS/TELEPHONE/FAX.
(3) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER
(4) NAME THE WILL BE USE AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS
(5) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

Kindly indicate your interest by contacting me via my alternative
e-mail:engineersullivan@login.cz or engr_ibe1@latinmail.com as soon as you
receive my mail

Thanks indeed,

Richard Ibe Sullivan

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