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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: ahm.adisa@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:09:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?important?=

Dear Friend;

I decided to send this mail to request for your
assistance in standing
as a beneficiary to the sum of fiften Million U.S.
Dollars.

I am Mr Ahmed Adisa personal adviser to SUSAN
SHABANGU, a widow, and
presently
the Deputy Minister of
Safety and Security, Republic of South Africa. You
can view her
official website: www.gov.za/profiles/shabangu.htm

THE PROPOSAL:
Shortly after her first appointment as the Deputy
Minister of Mineral
and Energy in 1996, her husband, Mr. Ndelebe
Shabangu, died while on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996.
After his death, she discovered that her husband had some funds in Dollars,
US$15 M deposited in a coded
Vault with Safe Deposit Specialist in Europe. For
security reason, the
Deposit was registered as family treasure and valuables.

Now she intend to use the Fund to set up business for
my children to
enable them start their lives. Hence, she urgently in need of a
reliable

investor participant who is not known to be my associate or relation that
I could entrust with the Deposit.she cannot
claim the Deposit herself

as she' still serving and Government searchlight is
on her.
Though, we do not know in person but she still
maintain her late husband?s

philosophy that establishing relationship is all about reaching out and
having the right people and contacts and trusting
them first.

This business will require you flying to the European
location of the Safe Deposit Company to claim the Fund on our behalf.
All the data for
the Fund, including the DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE &
PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) which will serve as your authority
and enable you have access to the Vault will be given to you before your
departure. I will also furnish you with the contact person of the Safe Deposit
who will assist you with the clearing and banking logistics.

If you are interested, please send me your TELEPHONE
& FAX NUMBERS.

You will be adequately compensated as you will also
help to invest the
Fund in your Country. I am willing to sign a mutual investment
contract.

Due to her sensitive position in the South African
Government,she would NOT WANT you to phone or send a fax to her, at least
at this stage.
Reply only to my email and do not forget to furnish your particulars,including
TELEPHONE and FAX Numbers so that I can
advise our account Officer accordingly.

Thanks so much for your time and Co-operation.

Mr Ahmed Adisa
firstconsults@firstconsults.cjb.net.




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