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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: estrad@tiscali.it
Reply-To: luisaestrada23@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:07:22 +0100
Subject: SOLICITING FOR JOINT-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.

SOLICITING FOR JOINT-BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.

From: Mrs. Luisa P. Estrada.



Dearest,



Difficulties encountered in efforts to establish a business abroad necessitate
this search for someone to assist me in securing and investing the sum of
USD18, 000,000 (eighteen million dollars) deposited in my name with a security
company in Europe.



By way of summarized profile of myself, I am Senator Luisa Pimentel Estrada,
a 74years old lady and the first wife of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (former
head of state and President of Philippines) who is presently held in detention
in a hospital outside manila, Philippines. I was able to transport this
money out of my country under disguised as diplomatic confidential documents
in a trunk box meant to belong to my foreign business partner. Till this
moment, the security company does not know that I had money in the box and
they could not question the content because is protected with immunity.
I have all documents with me as of when it was deposited in the Security
Vault for safe keeping which I have handed over to our family trustee for
confidential reasons. Now, the current administration of Gloria Arroyo (The
President of Philippines) is seeking the death of my husband. In pursuit
of this vendetta, the present Government have resolved to freeze all known
assets of Joseph Ejercito Estrada including properties at home and abroad
and are presently embarking on to seize the various bank accounts of my
Husband in Switzerland,UK and Australia. In fact, the attack on our family
(The Estrada's) is so devastated to an extent of seizing our traveling passport,
family accounts, trying some members of our family in court for offences
allegedly committed by my Husband and even restrict us from seeing my husband.
My son was released from detention on the agreement to refund $1.5 million
to the Government of Philippines allegedly stolen by my Husband. You can
find this on;



<http://latelinenews.com/ps/english/29432.shtml>

<http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2001/0129/cover1.html>

<http://www.estrada.com/>



We are not ready to comply with this as most of the family assets and bank
accounts abroad have been frozen by the Arroyo regime. In view of this grievous
threat to our Economic and personal survival, our family trustee have secretly
protected the deposit, you are to assist me traveling to the office of the
security company in Europe to lay claims of the consignment with the aid
of my power of attorney and other documents that will be forwarded to you.
In the meantime, there is a traveling embargo on the family members and
our local accounts are seized as well as our telephone lines have been bugged.
For this reason, telephone conversation via satellite phones will be an
ideal means of communication because to avoid our calls not be bugged. We
are currently being catered for by the Government of Philippines in other
to monitor and control our financial activities. We cannot be held responsible
for the sins of my Husband. In view of this plight, I expect you to be trustworthy
and kind enough to respond to this distressed call to save my family from
a hopeless future. And if you agree to help, we shall discuss the disbursement
ratio in our next correspondence after we have been acquainted.



To summarize this traumatic story, I have decided to offer 20% of the above
sum to anyone who assists us to secure these funds overseas or 30% share
for possible help on investing in any reliable venture. If you would want
to proceed under these terms, please reply for detailed information. If
you do not accept my offer, please in good fate treat with utmost confidentiality.




If I receive your positive response I shall give you more details on how
to proceed and with basic information you need to know about the consignment.




I look forward to your earliest reply.



Sincerely yours,

MRS. LUISA ESTRADA.



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