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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: "FROM DR HABIB SALAMI habib_salami2000-at-yahoo.com |Usenet|" <bte8i52f2e0t@sneakemail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: "habib_salami-at-myway.com |Usenet|" <9hddi52f2e0t@sneakemail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:00:37 +0100
Subject: FROM DR HABIB SALAMI

FROM: DR. HABIB SALAMI H.O.D. ACCOUNTANT BANK OF SENEGAL, PLC.
(CB) HOUSE YOFF DAKAR - SENEGAL

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it being very
confidential.

I am Dr. HABIB SALAMI the head of accountant department in the Bank of Senegal (CB) Plc., Yoff Dakar. I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign bank account requiring maximum confidence.

The proposition, Late Engineer Kelvin Michael, an Oil Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Dakar, until his untimely death three years ago in a ghastly motor accident, banked with us here at (CB) of Senegal, Plc., Yoff and has a
closing balance of US$50.725m (Fifty Million,Seven Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand Dollars), only which the bank now unquestionably expects to be claimed by Mr. Kelvin's next of kin or alternatively be donated to a discredited trust fund for arms and
ammunition at a military war college here in Senegal. Fervent efforts being made by the (CB) of Senegal, Plc. to get in touch with any of the Kelvin Michael's family
has proved abortive. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate
the late Engineer Kelvin's next of kin (He had no wife or children) that the management under the influence of our chairman and member of the board of directors,retired Major Gen. Bensons maka, that an arrangement be made for the funds to be declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms and ammunitions to further enhance the cause of war in Africa and the world at large.

In order to avert this negative development, some of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to Late Engineer Kelvin Michael so that the funds US$50.725m would be released and paid in to your bank account as the next of kin. All documents and proof to enable you get this fund will be forwarded to you and more so; we are assuring you of 100% risk-free involvement. We have agreed to part with 20% percentage of the total amount as your own share of the money for assisting us in this deal. We shall also map out percentage of this money to take care of incidental expenses that may arise in the course of this transaction.

If this proposal is OK by you and assure us that you will not take undue advantage of the trust, we hope to bestow on you. Please kindly get back to me by email, above telephone and fax for further details and step to progress and include your banking details so that I can use these information to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the funds in your favor and benefit into your nominated bank
account. We shall both smile together at the end.

Kindly reply through my private
emails: habib_salami@myway.com <mailto:habib_salami@myway.com>

But, if you are not interested please keep it confidential. I believe you should understand my explanation as you are a matured person who is living for good.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Awaiting your response urgently.

Regards,
Dr.HABIB SALAMI.
H.O.D. ACCOUNTS DEPT.
(CB) OF SENEGAL. PLC.

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