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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: "soffel gombel" <sfgombel@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:14:21 +0000
Subject: A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO.....J.H.Schindeler,

SG_LAW CHAMBERS
NO 12 RUE TOHASAQ
LOME-TOGO
SEND YOUR REPLY TO(sf_lawfirm@yahoo.com)

Attention:J.H.Schindeler,

I am BARRISTER SOFFEL GOMBEL the personnal Attorney to your late uncle
Engr.J.C Schindeler(Snr)an oil Merchant who died some years ago in a fatal
accident.He had a closing balance account as at the end of September,2003
worth S$11,600,000.00(eleven Million six hundred thousand United States
Dollars).The bank now expects the Next of Kin to come forward as
beneficiary.
Now i am contacting you for the claim of this your late uncle fund that was
deposited with the bank.I am soliciting for your confidence in this
matter,this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top
Secret.Though I know that a contact of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you
that all will be well since i know everything about your late uncle fund.
I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this matter..
Efforts have been made by the Bank to get in touch with any of the Deceased
Family or Relatives,but they have met with no success.As the deceased being
a foreigner,that was why i decided to contact you so that you can put claim
on this.

Now the management under the influence of the bank Chairman and Members of
the Board of directors,has made arrangement for the fund to be declared
Unclaimed
so that they can share the money amongst themself.
In order to avert this negative development,it is my duty to contact you
since your name was amongst listed in his personnal files that was with
me,now you are to
stand as the next of kin to his properties.
All documents and proof to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked
out by me for this claim.I have secured from the probate an order of
Mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries,and more so i am
assuring you that this claim is 100%risk free.Now it is left for you deceide
on what you will give as my percentage for assisting you in this claim.

I hope to hear from you soonest at(sf_lawfirm@yahoo.com)

Yours Sincerely,

BARRISTER SOFFEL GOMBEL.

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