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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: williams2006@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:52:35 +0000
Subject: FROM :MISS SUZAN CATIM

FROM :MISS SUZAN CATIM
ABIDJAN REP OF IVORY COAST

APPEAL FOR URGENT AND SINCERE HELP
ATT:


Dearest,

I know my message will come to you as a Surprise, first of all, I will like

to wish you a Compliment of the season.
I am Miss Suzan Catim and I am writing to you this mail together with my
Brother Williams Papaya Catim from Abidjan Rep of Cote 'Ivoire.
We hope you will Permit us to inform you of our desire of going into
business relationship with you, we decided to contact you for this humble
assistance.
We prayed over it and selected your profile among other profiles and we
beleive that you will be a trustworthy and God fearing person that can
asisst us in this our Situation.

Our late father Cheif Micheal Koffi Catim was a very wealthy Business
merchant ,He was into cacao,Diamond and Gold business in the economic
capital of Ivory coast, Our father was poisoned to death by his business
ssociates on one of their outings on a business trip.

Our mother died when we were still very young and since then our father
took us so special.
Before the death of our father on June 2003 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called us on his bed side and told
us that he deposited the sum of US $ $20, 500, 000.00 Million, in one of
the
prime Bank here,
He told us that he deposited this money for sefty
keeping and for investment purpose Abroad.
He also explained to us that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates, He Advice us to seek for a trustworthy
Person as our foreign partner in a country of our choice where we will
transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate
management or hotel management after we finish our Education.
Please, We got your contact from web.com and because of the current
political situation in this country now ,we are humbly seeking for your
able assistance in transferring this inheritance abroad in your desgnated
account in your country.
Please we are Sincerely beging you with the name of our Almighty God to
assist in the following ways.............
(1)To front your self as our family friend and also provide a bank
account into which this money would be transferred to.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this inheritance since we are still very young
to handle this money.

(3)To help us in a profitable business establishment in your country.

(4)To make arrangement for us to Relocate over to your country and arrange
together with you on how to invest this money in your country.

We are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your
effort/input after the successful transfer of this money into your nominated
account.you can send us mail on this our email adress comform more discussion
and modalities of this transaction

We must also let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free and in
no way conneted with any illegal transaction, help us to get out of this
terrible situation and our Almigthy God will bless you.
Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,
MISS SUZAN AND WILLIAMS

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