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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: "Ben jadi" <benjadi08@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: benjadi@buzzlink.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:40:33 +0100
Subject: PLEASE READ

GOOD DAY


As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for
me, because, I
believe everyone will die someday.

My name is BEN JADI a merchant in Dubai, in
the
U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .

It has defiled all
forms of medical treatment, and
right now I have only about a few months to
live,
according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so
well, as I
never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my
business.
Though I am very rich, I was never generous,
I was always hostile to people and
only focused on my
business as that was the only thing I cared for. But
now I
regret all this as I now know that there is more
to life than just wanting to
have
or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a
second chance to come to
this world I would live my life a different way from
how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I
have willed and given most of
my property and assets
to my immediate and extended family members as well as
a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so,
I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations, as I want this to be one
of the last
good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed
money to some
charity organizations in the U.A.E,
Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore.

I once asked members
of my family to close
one of my accounts and distribute the money which I
have
there to charity organization in Bulgaria and
Pakistan, they refused and kept
the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as
they seem not
to be contended with what I have left
for them.

The last of my money which
no one knows of is the huge
cash deposit of eighteen million dollars
$18,000,000,00 that I have with a finance/Security
Company abroad. I will want
you to help me collect
this deposit and dispatched it to charity
organizations.


I have set aside 10% for you and for your time.

God be
with you.



BEN JADI
PLEASE SEND REPLY TO MY PERSONAL
BOX:benjadi@buzzlink.com



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