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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: drjohnobika4@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 01:09:04 -0700
Subject: FROM DR.JOHN OBIKA

3/5 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO, BORTO:
SOUTH AFRICA.
Email drjohnobika123@yahoo.com.hk

(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD}
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLAR

ATTENTION: CEO,

I am Dr.John Obika, Auditor General of one of the prime banks here South
Africa, during the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in
an account opened in the bank in 1995 and since 1998 nobody has operated
on this account again, after going through some old files in the
records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir]
hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently
it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Allan
P.Seaman, a foreigner, and an industrialist, and he died, since 1996. and
no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well
that Allan P. Seaman until his death was the manager Diamond Safari [pty].
S.A.

We will start the first transfer with twenty six million [$26,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply
for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. The amount
involved is (USD 126 M) One hundred and twenty six million United States
Dollars only. I want to first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty six million United
States Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before
the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,
without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to
any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign
a/c because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr.
Allan P. Seaman is a foreigner too,and the money can only be approved into
a foreign a/c. However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together.
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business. Send also your private telephone and fax number including
the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding
agreement that will bind us together before transferring the money to any
account of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly to your
country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.I need your full co-operation
to make this work fine, Because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which
I will give to you,upon your positive response and once I am convinced that
you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official
who is deeply involved with me in this business. I need your strong assurance
that you will never,never let me down.With my influence and the position
of the bank official we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable
account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.The bank official
will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place and to build confidenceyou can come immediately
to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance
in your presence and three of us will fly to your country at least two days
ahead of the money going into the account.

I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that
you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my
position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer
of this money to your account with ppropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business,
you will be given 20% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, while 8%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process
of transferring, while 2% for charity, as a mark of God's gratitude for
the blessing.

I look forward to your earliest reply,

Regards,
Dr.John Obika
















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