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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: kaykapupa@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:08:31 +0200
Subject: From Dr.Kay Kapupa.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE & REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
Dr.Kay Kapupa
TEL;+27-72 0665 246
FAX;+27-72 0133 439
EMAIL;kaykapupa@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

I am Dr.Kay Kapupa,the Director of Bills and Exchange of the Foreign Exchange and
Remittance Department at Absa Bank.I got your address while searching for trustworthy
individuals in various countries. ln my department,we discovered an abandoned sum
of $26,1 million US dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers who died with his family in the ghastly car accident. Since we got
information about his death,we have been expecting his next of kin to come to our
bank and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for
it as a next of kin or relative to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed relatives died in the
same plane crash leaving no relative behind to claim the fund.It is upon this
discovery that l and other officials in my department decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relative to the
deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we
do not want this money to go into our bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulate that if such money remained unclaimed
after four years,the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed
funds.

The request for a foreigner as a relative for this claim is occasioned by the fact
that the customer was a foreigner and a South African cannot claim this fund as
next of kin.
We agreed that 20% of this money will go to you as the foreign partner who will supply the
foreign account,5% as been set aside for expenses that we might incure in cause of this
transaction and 75% will be for my colleagues and I.
Thereafter,my colleagues and l will visit your country for disbursement of the
percentages as indicated above.
If you are interested to assist in this transaction,kindly contact me on the
above TEL/FAX numbers or private e-mail address.

Please this transaction is 100% risk free and you should not entertain any atom of
fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer of this said fund.

Yours Faithfully,
DR Kay Kapupa

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