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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: "Mr Oge Akanchawa" <ogeakanchawaa@jumpy.it> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:18:50 +0100
Subject: Good day from Mr oge A.

Good day,

Compliments of the day to you, how is your family and the good people around
you, I hope and assume they are in good condition if so thanks to the Almigthy
God for his good work.

I am Mr. Oge Akanchawa, presently promoted to Auditor General of my bank
here in Cotonou Republic of Benin.

During the course of our auditing last week, I discovered a floating fund
in an account opened in the bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated
on this account again, after going through some old files in the records,
I discovered that the owner of the account died without a will, hence the
money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing. Believe God in all you are doing.

I urge you to treat it serious. I and my collueges, want to transfer to
an oversea account (US$19,700.000.00) Nineteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) from Eco Bank Plc here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
I want to ask you, If you are capable to or will quietly look for a reliable
and honest person who will be capable, Honest and trustworthy to provide
either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank account as soon
as posible to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me
. I pray for your understanding.

The owner of this account, Mr. Morris Thompson, an American and great industrialist,
resident of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crahsed on January 31 2000, including his
wife and their only daughter who was surposed to be his next of kin if,
You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site:
(http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/) and
( http://www.alaskaair.com/E_latest.asp) May their soul rest in perfect
peace Amen.

Be informed that no one knows about this account or any thing concerning
it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to
me as well that the account is a secret account. The total amount involved
is (US$19,700.000.00) Nineteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) and we wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad.
But do not know any foreigner. I pray for your understanding.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved
to a local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the
account, which I shall give to you upon your positive response. God is in
control.

Finally, we have made arrangements upon the reciept of your readiness and
confirmation of go ahead we shall distroy all documents of such mentioned
person to avoid further cross check in future as I will use my position
and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries
and foreign exchange departments. I pray for your understanding.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount,
70% will be for us, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have
incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest
reply. I pray that God gives you wisdom and understanding.

You can as well send to me eith through this mail or my direct email as
state (ogeakanchawa@jumpy.it) your full names and address, direct telephone
and fax number for easy communication , as I seriously believes on oral
communications than email . I pray for your understanding .

I await your urgent response .
Mr. Oge Akanchawa.
Alt Email: ogeakanchawa@jumpy.it
PLEASE TREAT VERY URGENT .

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