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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: "mustapha tash" <mustaph2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:46:55 +0000
Subject: Urgent attention.

Dear Geus,
First of all,i must solicit your confidence in this
project.This is so,by virtue of its nature as being
utmostly confidential and top-secret.Though,i know
that a project of this magnitude will make anyone
apperhensive and worried,but i am assuring you that
everything will be result-oriented at the end of
transaction.

I have contacted you due to the urgency of
this transaction,through an International Business Enquiry & my
personal basic researches.

I am Mr.Mustapha Abdul Tash,the head of Audit and Accounts Unit
and one of the Senior Managers,with the "Bank of Africa"
(BOA) Burkina-Faso in West Africa.I came to know of you in my private
re-search
for a reliable and reputable personality to handle this delicate and
confidential business
transaction,together with me,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money,
to a foreign & reliable account,requiring a maximum confidence and trust of
security.

STATUS:
The foreigner,Late Engineer.Nobuhiro Matsumoto,aJapanese National, and an
oil Investor/Merchant/Contractor here in Burkina-Faso in the Western Africa,
not until his death 3 years ago in a tragic ACCOHANOC(YTM-545)ship-service
craft accident in
Scotland,which claimed the lives of his wife and children also,banked with
us here,in the Bank of
Africa(BOA) Burkina-Faso and having a closing balance as at the year
ended,December 19th,2003,
the total sum of US$9,975,000.00Dollars(Nine Million,Nine Hundred & Seventy
Five Thousand United States Dollars ONLY) which the bank now expects the
"next of kin" OR "beneficiary" to these INHERITANCE FUNDS.Several efforts
have beeen made by the Bank of Africa here to get in
touch with any of the Nobuhiro's family or close-ties but to no avail.

It is now based on these comprehended possibilities of not being able to
locate any of Late Engr.Nobuhiro Matsumoto's next of kin OR beneficiary,that
i have contacted you for your co-operation together with me,in lifting this
money out of the bank custody here into a reliable and safe foreign account
as these funds if remained "UNCLAIMED" will be returned to the bank treasury
as UNCLAIMED BILLS and subsequently be donated to the Trust fund.

In order to avert this negative & pessimistic development,two(2)of my junior
trusted colleagues and i,whose duties it is,to delete all information &
filed-records
relating to this transfer on conclusion of transaction as they work in the
Computer & Statistics department of the BOA here,now seek your assistance,to
have you stand in, as the bonafide beneficiary/next-of-kin,to Late
Engr.Nobuhiro Matsumoto,so that these funds,would be
released and disbursed into our nominated or designated account as the
rightful beneficiary to the deceased customer's Inheritance funds.

All documents and proofs to enable us get these funds,will be carefully
worked out once we commence.Moreso,i am assuring you of a 100% risk free
involvement.Your gratification stands,while the rest would be for myself and
my two other colleagues who are my juniors here in the Bank.They will be
here to be able to effect my orders under my supervision.

On smooth conclusion of transaction with you,i will then come over to your
Country for further Investment & sharing of these Funds according to
percentages previously indicated and that is; when you will confirm this
Money transfered into your account.

We have also agreed that the funds be shared as follows; after it has been
transferred into any reliable presented account:

1.

20% of the Money,will go to you for your assistance as the rightful
beneficiary of the funds & for any other assistance which you may be
required to render in the course of execution of this project
together with us.

2.

5% ot the Money,will be set aside for re-imbursement to both parties
involved in this transaction,for any accrued expenses that may be incurred
such as tel.bills,fax messages e.t.c.

while;

3.

75% will be for me and my partners.

If this proposal is acceptable by you,do not make undue advantage of trust &
honesty,we have reposed on you,but kindly get to us,through this alternative
& confidential e-mail account thus:
(tash_g4@latinmail.com)

Please furnish me with your most confidential telephone nos; fax nos &
exclusive banking/accounts particulars/details so that i will use these
information to tender application to the bank here,for the release &
subsequent transfer of these funds in our favour.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Mustapha .A.Tash.

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