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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: kpame@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:00:34 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BUSINESS=20TRANSACTION/?=

FROM MR.BENSON KPAME
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE TOGOLAISE DE DEVELOPMENT
LOME - TOGO.


With due respect, trust and humility, I send this proposal to you, which
I believe would be of great interest to you ,You may be surprised to receive
this letter from me since you dont know me personally.



ATT,

I am MR.Benson Kpame,the financial controller in charge of auditing and
accounting section of BANQUE TOGOLAISE DE DEVELOPMENT,Lome-Togo in west
Africa.With due respect and regards,I have decided to contact you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the
transaction.

During our investigation and auditing in this bank,my department came across
a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on 6th
April 2002 in motor accident and the fund has been dormant in his account
with this bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from
his family or relation before our discovery to this development. Although
personally,I kept this information secret within myself and partners to
enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful during the
time of execution.

The said amount was US$12.5m (Twelve million, five hundred United States
dollars only). As it may interest you to know, Your contact was giving to
me by divine aspiration at the office of the Chamber of commerce and Tourism
in Lome-Togo, as I was going through some directories.I decided to contact
you in order to champion such a business magnitude without any problem.


Directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit yourself
to this great business opportunity. In fact I could have done this deal
alone but because of my positio
n in this country as a civil servant, we are not allowed to operate a foreign
account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time
of transfer because I work in this bank.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who
will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of Oath to
the bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money
to be re-transferred into,on his request as it may be after due verification
and clarification by designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.On
smooth conclusion of this transaction,you will be entitled to 30% of the
total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses
that may arise during the ti
me of transfer and also telephone bills, while 65% will be for me and my
partners.

Please, you have been advised to keep top secret as we are still in service
and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm
the money in your account and
ask us to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according
to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your
country or any country you advice us to invest in.All other necessary
information will be sent toyou when I hear from you.

Yours faithfully
MR.Benson Kpame



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