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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: yaasiinsuleman@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:27:00 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TREAT=20URGENTLY=20AND=20CONFIDENTIAL=2E?=

FROM:THE DESK OF ALHAJI MOHAMED KARIM.
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.

My name is ALHAJI MOHAMED KARIM I am the Operations Manager with Shell evelopment
Company in BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA.
One of our clients, Dr.Steve Cole , a national of your country, A Contractor
and Oil Merchant, but Resident in Ouagadougou burkina faso; whom I happened
to be his personal manager and could be refered to as my Chief Executive.
On December 25,2003, my Chief Executive, his wife and their only daughter
were involved in a car accident along Nouvissi express Road.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.Since then I
have made several inquiries to his high commission to locate any of my clients
extended Relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family; hence I contacted
you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund of $30.Million (usd
Dollars) he had deposited with the FINANACE / DEPOSIT COMPANY in BURKINA
FASO before the car accident. I want your assistance in this regard before
this deposited fund gets confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the firm.Right now, FINANACE / DEPOSIT COMPANY has issued me a notice
to provide
the next of kin within the next 21 working days, or have the fund confiscated.Since
I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for few months now,
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so
that this fund could be released to you and we will have reputation to negotiate
on a business been favourable.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you and me from any breach of the law.
NOTE: All correspondence between you and I should be made through this
email address for security reasons and also indicate your private contact

information like telephone, mobile phone, fax numbers for easy communication.
I look forward to recieve a favourable response from you.

please note that you should reply me through this my private box.
alimu@walla.com
you contact me through this telephone number 00226.78.83.16.42.
Best regards.
ALHAJI MOHAMED KARIM.



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