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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: paul.david02@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:39:41 +0200
Subject: lets work together please

DAVID CHAMBERS
SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES
CARRE 85 ZONE D, AMBASSADE
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
WEST AFRICA.

Dear Friend,

I am PAUL DAVID ESQ, the attorney of DAVID CHAMBERS,here in cotonou Benin
republic in West Africa, and also a special advicer of Mr. Hassan Balhas
Ghadar, a lebanese.

He was a Seasoned Contractor with Benin Cement Company in Benin Republic.,
who
unfortunately died in the plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight
Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on the december 25,2003.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website:
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/ story/0,1280,-3555201,00.html
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Mr.Ghadar has a fixed deposit
with a security company in EUROPE and no other person knows about this consignment
or any thing concerning it, the consignment is money but deposited as
a family treasures and has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved
to me that his supposed next of kin died along with him in the
crash.
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you.

I contacted you to assist in repatriating the consignment left behind by
my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the security
company.

Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 9months now.

i seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so
that the proceeds of this money valued at US$3.6 million can be paid to
your account and then you and me can share the money on percentage level
which we will sort out if you accept to this proposal.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to
enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.


All documents of transaction will be destroyed immediately we receive
this money leaving no trace to any place.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following information
to me:

a. Complete name and Address
b. Private telephone number
c. Private fax numbers
d. Private email

I am highly waiting for your urgent respones.
have a nice day and God bless.

Sincerely Yours,

Paul David ESQ

NB:plz do not reply this mail or expose it if you are not interested.



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