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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: Kenneth Tyler <knntyler@aaustrailia.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 09:03:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Require Your Assistance {Please Read}

Mr. Kenneth Tyler
Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
99 Queen Street, Melbourne
VIC 3000,Australia.
Date: 19th April 2004


Dear friend,

This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal
soliciting for your unreserved assistance in
consummating an urgent transaction requiring maximum
confidence.
Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure
you that whatever questions you would need to ask or
any other thing you will need to know regarding this
proposal will be adequately answered to give you a
clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a
successful conclusion.

My name is Mr. Kenneth Tyler, Head of
Securities,Commonwealth Bank of Australia,Melbourne.
On February 17, 2002, a foreign consultant/contractor
with the Asea Brown and Boveri Ltd, Mr. Enrique
Salcedo, made a numbered time (fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at US$20,000,000.00,
(Twenty Million United States Dollars) in my branch.
Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, Asea Brown and Boveri (the energy
giant), that Mr. Salcedo died from an automobile
accident.

On further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that Mr. Salcedo did not
declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in our Bank.
Due to the funds being temporarily unclaimable, the
funds have being moved out of our bank ( as sundry
funds )to an offshore Deposit Company in the European
Union.

From past experiences, I know that no one will ever
come forward to claim the deceased funds.
According to Australian Law, at the expiration of 5
(five) years,the funds will be Unclaimable and revert
to the ownership of the Australia Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund.

In order to avert this negative development, I in
conjunction with a colleague (the Chief Operating
Officer in the bank)now seek your permission to allow
my attorney do a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF
CREDIT of stated funds from the "deceased" to your
name, so that the funds (US$20million) would be
released to you as the new owner (on behalf of me and
my colleague).

We are writing you because, as public servants, we
cannot operate a foreign account or have an account
that is more than AUS$160,000:00. Consequently, you
will be presented as the owner of the funds in the
Deposit Company so you can be able to claim them,after
all necessary paperwork has being effected.
For us to commence, I will like you to provide the
following information immediately;

1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers

Once I receive these information, I will prepare the
necessary documents which will put you in place as the
new owner of the funds.
The money will then be released to your custody by the
Deposit Company, for
us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for
you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the solicitor and this
will guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.

If you are interested, please reply via this email
address: trustpart@netscape.net
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details, and further
explanation that will help you understand the
transaction.

No doubt this proposal will make you
apprehensive,please we imploy you to observe
utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this
transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because we shall require
your assistance to invest our share in your
country(Real estate and any other ideas you may have),
this is why your urgent action and response is of
great essence which will enable us conclude this
transaction in a timely and professional manner.

I await your swift response hoping you accept my
proposal, as time is of equal essence in this project
as well as is confidentiality. Your response should be
to my private email address: trustpart@netscape.net


Thank you and have a nice day.

Respectfully yours,

Mr. Kenneth Tyler.














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