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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: samatt2004@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 09:23:47 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?COMPLEMENT=20OF=20THE=20DAY?=

MR SAMUEL MATHEW,
FROM ECOBANK,
BENIN.
Rue du Gouverneur Bayol Cotonou.

ATTEN:DEAR,
RE:TRANSFER OF (USD 65 MILLION).

In order to transfer out (USD 65 MILLION) sixty Five million United States
Dollars) from ECOBANK BENIN.

I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and
confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now
or in future.

I am MR SAMUEL MATHEW,the auditor of ECOBANK BENIN. There is an accountopened
in this bank in 1990 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account
again.

Aftergoing through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I
do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The
owner of this account is Mr. DESTIN PAL, a foreigner, and a miner at D &
D INVESTMENT CO., a geologist! by profession and he died since 2000.

No other personknows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account
has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that
this company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved
is (USD 65M) sixty Five million United States Dollars).

I want to transfer the [USD65M] sixty Five million United States Dollars
into a safe foreigners 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 a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because
the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr.DESTIN
PAL is a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we dont know
our selves before, but be rest assure that this is life time business for
both of us even for our generation to come .

With believe in God that you will never let me down in this business. You
are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send
also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of
the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us togetherso
that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of
your choice where the fund will be safe. I will fly to your country for
withdrawal and sharing and other investments.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign beneficiary.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management
is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information
about this account, which I will give to you,if you are able and with capability
to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions
and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come
again in my life.

I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake
I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office
I can transfer this money to any foreign reliable account, which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing.

And i want to remaind you that your share has been carculated at 35% of
the total sum.
I'am waiting for your urgent reply so that i will give you more information
about this transaction.reply me(samuelmatt2005@yahoo.com).

WARM REGARDS
MR Samuel Matthew



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