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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: "charles taylor" <charles.taylor@gmx.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:14:04 +0100 (MET)
Subject:

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MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: HELP.
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-Authenticated: #25226241
Message-ID: <16975.1101136444@www31.gmx.net>
X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange)
X-Flags: 0001
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

FROM : MR CHARLES TAYLOR
E-MAIL: taylorsfamilies@yahoo.es

I am CHARLES TAYLOR, the Former President of Liberia.
As you may be aware that the President Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo (GCFR) has granted me asylum in Nigeria and
we are presently leaving in Calabar Eastern part of
Nigeria.

Please I have what I will call my family last hope
money of $45,000,000M TO TRANSFER to any foreign
trusted person who will help me to invest this fund
into any good business, As I can no longer have any
other means of livelihood.

Please if you are interested in helping me to received
this BOX that is presently with SECURITY COMPANY. Please indicate on my
private email address: taylorsfamilies@yahoo.es.

As after successful delivery of this
BOX to you, 20% of the total fund will go to you. My
son will come to your country to start up a business
with your assistance so that we can be able to live
again.

This fund is in a box deposited to the SECURITY
COMPANY as a family box before leaving for
Calabar in Nigeria. The company is not aware of what
is inside the box as I told them that the box belongs
to my friend and that I will inform my friend to apply
for the collection of the box since we are not allowed
to be attending to visitors in Nigeria.

So please I will advise you to apply as the owner of
this box. So that as soon as this BOX is DELIVERED to
you. You will arrange for the coming of my son to
your country for proper investment. There is no risk
in this as you are aware that our family is now free
since we left Liberia to Nigeria peacefully.

God bless you as you help my family.
Yours sincerely,

CHARLES TAYLOR
Former President of Liberia.

Note: I will send to you the Certificate of deposit,
Change of Ownership Certificate to your NAME and Power
of Attorney as soon as I hear from you on my private email address:
taylorsfamilies@yahoo.es

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