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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: "frank jim" <frank_jim202@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: frank_jim2002@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 05:46:52 -0800
Subject: URGENT CONTACT

I NEED YOUR HELP


Dear Firend,

In order to transfer out (fifteen-million pounds sterling) from our bank
here have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will
be capable for this important transaction, believing that you will never
let le down either now or in future.


I am the auditor and head of computing department of a bank here in Scotland,
United Kingdom. There is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and since
my inception into office in 2001, nobody has operated on this account again,
after going through some old files, I discovered that if i do not remit
this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing.


How the money came about:


The owner of this account was Mr. John Hughes who was a foreigner and the
manager of Petro chemical service here in London, a chemical engineer by
profession and he died since 1995.And then, since 2001, nobody knows about
this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary
and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know
anything about this account and the amount involved is (15,000,000.00) pounds
sterling.

I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but i don't
know any foreigner, i am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be approved to any local bank here in Scotland, but can only
be approved to any foreign account because the money is pounds sterling&#8217;s
and the former owner of the account is John Hughes and he was a foreigner
too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
our selves before neither have we let, but be sure that it is real and a
genuine business. I believe in God that you will never let le down in this
investment.

When the transfer is approved and payment schedule is allocated overseas,
through the offshore paying delegate for final clearance and signing of
the payment release form by the beneficiary, i want us to see at the oversea
payment clearance office face to face for signing of the original binding
agreement to bind us together so that, we can receive this money into a
foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be remitted.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with a foreign
account as the real beneficiary. i need your co-operation to make this work
fine, because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner
who has the correct information to this account, which i will

Give to you when sure of your capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and my advice for our
mutual benefit because I don't want to make any mistake, I need your strong
assurance and trust. I shall destroy all documents concerning these transactions
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace at all.

I will use my position and influence on other staffs to effect the legal
approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from foreign payment department. With assurance that this money
will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for the sharing
and possible investments.

please do reply me through :frankjimk@yahoo.co.in:
OR Call me with my number {447040103950}

Thanks and god bless you

Sincerely,

Dr Frank Jim




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