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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: musaemma@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:39:17 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20RESPOND?=

From My Desk
Barrister Musa Emmanuel
152, High hill road,
Abidjan.
p.o.box 5698
EMAIL;musamma@yahoo.co.nz

Attn;


I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country and investing my
funds. Briefly, I am Musa Emmanuel a Sierra Leonean National am the lawyer
to the late Dr Morris Kuwa.

I got your contact from the Ecowas chamber for information. Your
profile impressed me believing you will be able to handle transaction of
this magnitude.

Until his death, the late Dr. Morris Kuwa was the General overseer of the
diamond Mine
in Kanema Sierra Leone. In April 2000 the military forces loyal to the Government
of Ahmed TIJAN KABBAH invaded the diamond mine and assasinated Dr. Morris
Kuwa,
mistaking him for his brother MIKE Kuwa who is the deputy to the leader
of the revolutionary united front (RUF) Foday SANKOH. When the news reached
me, I hurriedly gathered some valuables from his villa and escaped
for my dear life in the company of his wife Mrs Helen Kuwa.Among the valuables
was a file that contained details of a deposit Dr, Morris Kuwa made in a

security company in! EUROPE HOLLAND

He deposited $35.5 Million US dollars contained in 2 trunk boxes in the
name of his son HENRY as containing family valuables.Now that we are in
Abidjan and verified the transaction,

we need your assistance to move this funds out of EUROPE HOLLAND for investment
in your country as we cannot invest here due to its nearness to our country
and the war still going on there.

We ask you to scout for a viable and lucrative business.We are going to
give you 30% share in any investment we will embark upon if you assist us.

We shall also set aside 5% of the funds for miscelleanous expenses which
you might make in course of this transaction-fax messages,phone calls, air
tickets. This fortune we have revealed to you should remain confidential
as it is only you who have been contacted for this transaction, so that
your messages will be confidentially received.

Note that this transactions is risk free! .


Best regards
Barrister Musa Emmanuel



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