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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: biros_affi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 20:03:56 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20MR=20BIROS=20AFFI?=

FROM MR BIROS AFFI
ACCOUNTS / OPERATION DEPARTMENT,
BANK IN COTE D'IVORE
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVORE(IVORY COAST)
Email birosif@yahoo.com
Tel +22507489992

Dear ,

Compliments of the season and how are you today, i hope fine. before i proceed
i would like to introduce my self to you.

My name is MR BIROS AFFI, a staff in accounts/ operation department of A
Bank IN COTE D'IVOIRE(IVOIRE COAST). I have urgent and very confidential
business proposition for you. I got your contact from the world trade center
(W.T.C.) regional office in ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE the details of my intention
was not made known to them.

On June 6 2000, An oil consultant / contractor with the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
National Petrolum Corporation, MR KAFFAL AMMARI, made a numbered time(fixed)
deposited for twelve calendar valued at US$8,000,000.00 (Eight Million united
states dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification
to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from his contact employers
COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum corporation that MR KAFFAL AMMAR, died
in auto crash along with his entire family.

On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all
attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further
investigation and discovered that MR KAFFAL AMMAR, did not declare any next
of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork.
This sum of US$8,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No
one will come forward to claim it.

According to the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE Law, at the expiration of 6 (six)
years, the money will revert to the ownership of the COTE D'IVOIRE Government
if nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently, my proposal is that
I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to MR KAFFAL
AMMAR,so that the fruits of this old mans labor will not get into the hands
of some
corrupt government officials.

This is simple, 1. I will like you to provide me immediately with your full
names and address so that the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents
and affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of kin to this fixed
deposit.

2. We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting all the necessary
documents in your favour for the transfer. 3. A bank account in any part
of the world, which you provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this
money to you as the beneficiary / next of kin of MR KAFFAL AMMAR I. The
money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60%
for me and 40% for you.

There is no risk as all the paper work for this transaction will be done
by the attorney and my position as a staff of this department, guarantees
the successful execution of this deal.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address
below or up. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details
and relevant documents that will help you understand the deal very well.
Please observe ultimost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in your country.

Feel free to contact me on both the above telephone number and email address
for confidential reasons.

Looking forward to see your urgent responce.

Regards,

MR BIROS AFFI













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