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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: kokwilliams1010@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:23:31 -0800
Subject: Response expected please

Dr williams Kok
No 45 SMITH AVENUE
PARKTOWN JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Sir/madam

URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

I am Dr williams Kok Director, project implementation with Eskom South Africa
and a member of the
Contract\Tenders Board (CTB) of the above corporation.Your esteemed address
contact was got
through Yahoo people search in my search for a reliable individual company
who can handle a
strictly confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a reasonable
sum of money to a
foreign account. You may be surprise to receive this letter from me, since
you don't know me
personally.

This amount of money is total sum of US$22,000,000.00 (Twenty Two Million
United States Dollars),
already extracted from various contracts awarded by my corporation. As a
result of over-invoicing
masterminded by the concerned officials, has been drafted to represent final
payment for a
contract that has been executed to the corporation some years back.

The money is now floating in the suspense account of Federal Reserve Bank
of South Africa
awaiting claim by Foreign Partner which status we now want you to assume.
Now is the optimum period to consummate this transaction. Following the
presidential directive to
all your personal/company 's account. In my last meeting with the officials
involved, it was
unanimously agreed that 20% of the total sum will be given to you. 70% will
be for my colleague,
and me. While 10% will he used to reimburse the expenses that may be incurred
in the processing
of the transfer.

I assure you the transaction is 100% risk free as we have concluded every
arrangement to protect
the interest of every one involved. Likewise, all modalities for the successful
transfer of this
money have been worked out with the Federal Ministry o Finance and the Federal
Reserve Bank of
South Africa to facilitate the remittance of this money to your designated
account.
However. I would want to believe that you are honest enough and will not
raise any misgiving
attitude in any aspect of the transaction, more importantly, you will keep
this transaction very
confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence reposed on these official
by the Government of
South Africa.

Your immediate response will be highly appreciated.

Please treat this information as confidential.

Best regards

Dr williams Kok.




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