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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: frednonso@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 22:00:36 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20ASSISTANCE?=

MR FRED NONSO
AUDIT DEPARTMENT,
AFRICAN DEVELOPEMENT BANK,
COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL:AFRICANDEVELOPEMENTBANK@outgun.com

Hello,
I Am Fred Nonso.Chief Auditor AFRICAN DEVELOPEMENT BANK Cotonou,Benin Republic,
I Got Your Contact Through The Internet; I Want You To Give Urgent And Very
Confidential Approach To This Message.On January 7, 1999, An American Oil
Consultant/Contractor Mr. Charles Ballassi Made A Numbered Time (Fixed)
Deposit For Twelve Calendar Months, Valued At Us$8,183,000.00(Eight Million,
One Hundred And Eight-Three Thousand 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 HisContract Employers,
The Sobimex International CorporationThat Mr. Charles Ballassi Died In The
Plane Crash Of 31 October 1999 With Egyptian Air 1990 With Other Passengers
Aboard As You Can Confirm It Yourself Via This Website Below
Http://Www.Cnn.Com/Us/9911/02/Egyptair990.List/Index.Html

On Further Investigation, I Found Out That He Died Without Making A Will,And
Attempts To Trace His Next Of Kin Was Fruitless. I Therefore Made Further
Investigation And Discovered That Mr.Charles Ballassi Did Not Declare Any
Next Of Kin Or Relations In His Entire Official Documents, Including His
Bank Deposit Paperwork In My Bank. This SumOf Us$8,183,000.00 Is Still In
My Bank And The Interest Is Being Rolled Over With The PrincipalSum At The
End Of Each Year. No One Will Ever Come Forward To Claim It. According To
This Country's Policy, At The Expiration Of (Six) Years,The Money Will Revert
To The Ownership Of The
Government Reserve Account If Nobody Applies To Claim The Fund.

Consequently, My Proposal Is That I Will Like You To Forward Your Information's
To Me As A Foreigner To Stand As The Next Of Kin To Mr. Charles Ballassi
So That The Fruit Of This Old Man's Labour Will Not Get Into The Hands Of
Some Corrupt Government Officials. This Is Simple, I Will Like You To Provide
Immediately Your Full Name And Address With PassPort Photograph So that
i Will Prepare The Introduction application form which you will submitt
to the Foreign Remittance Operation's Director for futher transfer formalities
to take place on your favour. We Shall Employ The Service Of An Attorneys
For The Drafting And Notarization Of The Will And Obtain The Necessary Documents
And Letter Of Probate/Administration In Your Favors For The Transfer Into
your Bank Account In Any Part Of The World, Which You Will Provide, Will
Then Facilitate The Transfer Of This Money To You As The Beneficiary/Next
Of Kin. The Money Will Be Paid Into Your Account After Which You Will Be
Rewarded With 35%. I Will Not Disclose My Very self-being The Bank Chief
Auditor, Immediately I Receive Your Informations I Will draft the introduction
letter and application of claim with the little information of Mr Chrales
Ballassi.

There Is No Risk At All, With The Paperwork From The Attorney And My Position,
As The Chief Auditor, I Guarantees That Will Do The Successful Execution
Of This Transaction. If You Are Interested, Please Reply Immediately Via
These Private Email Address Below, Upon Your Response, I Shall Provide You
any other details that you may require . Please Observe Utmost Confidentiality
And Be 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.Please Upon The Receipt Of This Mail Message, Send To Me The Following:
1. Your Full Name And Address
2. The Name Of Your Bank Where You Want The Fund To Be
Transferred Into, Account Beneficiary
3. Your Private Telephone And Fax Numbers
With this i shall start preparing the text application form,agreement of
personal trusteeship,and an intrudcction letter for us to proceed.

Awaiting Your Urgent
Thanks And Regards,
Mr Fred Nonso(Chief Auditor).
Private Tel:+229 601501
Please contact me at frednonso2000@yahoo.com .




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