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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: mrsjtaylor1@tiscali.it
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 10:34:09 -0800
Subject: YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE APPRCIATED.

READ CAREFULLY AND RESPONSE URGENTLY.

Dear Friend,

We have obviously not met and as such you may be astonished to receive
this mail. I am Mrs Jewel Taylor, the wife of the embattled former President
of Liberia, Charles Taylor. Following the offer of a Political asylum to
my husband by the Nigerian Government, we arrived here in Abuja on the 11th
of August, 2003. My husband is now in Calabar in the south eastern part
of Nigeria while I, and the rest of the family are in an undisclosed location
here in Abuja. The reasons why I am here is to assist in the protection
of my
husband's scattered and battered investment as well as liaise with the New
Home Interim Government, now lead by Moses Blar and the international community
especially the West African Sub-regional Governments. Due to the hurried
way and manner that characterized my husband's exit from office and coupled
with the effect of the on going civil war, the activities of the rebels
and the continuous seizure of my husband's
assets in the Western world especially in Swiss where over $150m bank investments
has been confiscated. I then carefully concealed the sum of $45,000,000.00
(forty five million US Dollars) Which were hidden, and packaged in one trunk
box and the box is presently being kept with a Security Deposit firm as
Family
Treasure and the certificate of Deposit of the Treasures is in our possession.We
are appealing for urgent assistance to move the fund to your country/private
or company bank account or any country where you believe the fund will be
safe for
investment. The box containing the above sum in cash were moved out of Liberia
a few days ago. The security firm has confirmed the safe arrival of the
box.The certificate
of deposit issued by the firm is now with me. The content of the box is
unknown to anyone with the exception of the two of us. The box were moved
after being marked as diplomatic cargos. In such a way that no customs will
query the cargo. The reason that I write to you now is to request for your
in- dept co-operation in claiming this cargo from
the Security firm in europe . Once you have declared your intension to help
my family with this,You will be introduced to a friend and attorney of the
family who is presently based in here to guide you further to the successful
conclusion of this project. He is
incidentally our family attorney in this country. He is Barrister ALEX OTTI,his
email address and telephone number will be send to you as soon as you comply
to my
email.
You will be well rewarded for doing our family this favour. 25% will
be yours while 5% will be set aside for all possible expenses that may have
been incurred in the course of the claims. The rest 70% will be left for
the entire family for investment through your
guide in your country since my movement is restricted by political law of
asylum.
I will like to stop so far while hoping to hear from you as soon as possible.
Like I said earlier, you should understand that someone enjoying political
asylum in another man's country is legally bound from any form of economic
transaction. This makes this
transaction very confidential. Please, if you can work with me you must
keep my secret. Moreover, the family has given you full trust and it will
be expected that you will not let us down.

Thanks,

Yours truly,
MRS JEWEL TAYLOR.(For the family)








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