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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: kenet clifford <national3bankn@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:03:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: NEED URGENT RESPONSE TO WITHDRAW FUND



FROM THE DESK OF DR.NDEREBE
Bill and Exchange Director,
FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF SOUTHAFRICA,
JOHANNESBURG,
Telephone: +27-73-741-7272,or
+27-73-351-1077,
Dear sir/Madam

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal
ethics.I will introduce myself as a staff in the accounts management
section of a well-known bank here in Republic of Sothafrica.

One of our accounts with holding balance of 20,500,000( Twenty Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) has been dormant and has
not been operated for the past 9 months.

From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account a
foreigner by name Mr ALI YACOUBOU died Who unfortunately died in the
Plane crash of Union Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou,
Benin republic,in December 25,2003.You will read more about the crash
by
visiting these websites:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/or <http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/or>
<http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html> </Redirect/english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html>


and since then nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this
money because he has no family members who are aware of the existence
of
neither the account nor the funds.Also Information from the National
Immigration states that he was also single on entry into Republic Du
Benin.

I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the bank officials
and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We
thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of
these funds from the deceased and funds released to you after due
processes have been followed.


This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is a
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism
or
any other illegal act. On your interest, let me hear from you.


Regards,

Dr Nderebe.

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