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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: "Williams charles lwanga" <charles_lwanga1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:21:56 +0000
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP.

Dear Mr T.F. De Bruin,

GREETINGS.
I know this proposal letter may come to you as a surprise considering the
fact that we have not had any formal acquitance before,but before all the
same I would want you for for the sake of ALLAH/GOD to give this an
immediate attention in view of the fact that our live and possession is at
stake a sorry state and very pitiable hence my contacting you.
I got your contact in cause of a serious search in the internet for a
reliable foreign partner Mr.Charles Lwanga Williams, the son of a late
Sierra leonian businessman, late Dr.Robert Williams the owner of (RMS)
mining company in Sierraleone.

Who died three years ago when the revolutionary united front
rebels(R.U.F)attacked our residence in Makeni Sierraleone,Following the
cease fire agreement which was reached with the help of United Nations peace
keeping troops,I and mother with my immediate younger sisters left my
country with some vitals documents which covered the sum of
(US$8.000.000m)Eight million U.S Dollars deposited by my late father in
Finance And Security Company in Europe under my name,this money was realised
from Diamond export and Gold Mining, now I and my family had been granted
asylum in Dakar - Senegal under(UNHCR).

My aim of contacting you is to assist me in two ways:
(1) To help me transfer the money from the Finance company to your country.
(2) to help me get a profitable business to invest the funds based on your
professional advise. Part of this funds will be settled my family before
travelling to your country. For your assistance and co-operation we will
give you 10%of the total sum of the money.

Please kindly communicate your acceptance of this offer so that we can
discuss the mode of seeing this transaction through.I count on you greatly
for your future co-operation. Awaiting to to read from you soon.

Sincerely,

Mr.Charles Lwanga Williams.

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