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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: "MRS SUHA ARAFAT." <mrs_suhaarfat@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrs_suhaarafat@ny.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:39:49 -0700
Subject: PLEASE COULD YOU BE OF HELP.

PLEASE COULD YOU BE OF HELP.

Dearly beloved,

I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT, wife of late Palestinian leader YASSER

ARAFAT,who died in Paris. After his death and even prior to the

announcement,I have been thrown into a state of antagonism by the

present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the

new Prime Minister. I have even been subjected to physical and
psychologicaltorture.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3965541.stm}

As a widow so traumatized, I have lost confidence on everybody within

the country and I have no other option but to seek for foreign

assistance. I got your contact details from a trusted ally at the

Palestinian Chamber of Commerce and Foreign Business Relations, during

my quest for an honest partner in a monetary transaction.
Funds in my husband's personal and family bank accounts have been

frozen and valuable assets confiscated but unknown to these corrupt

Palestine officials undiscovered to them is approximately $6.5 Billion

Dollars

distributed in different secret accounts by my late husband. Though

they are not relenting on their effort to make me poor for life,I have

also made up my mind not to disclose about these funds deposited in

the secret accounts.The sum of USD$30.5M [Thirty million, five hundred

thousand United States Dollars] is deposited with a Banking Securities

and Financial firm in Europe.I shall be grateful if you can help me

retrieve this fund into any bank account nominated by you, for safe

keeping and any Investment opportunity in your country.

This arrangement will be known to only you, me and my lawyer,all our

correspondence should be strictly on email because my phone lines are

monitored.We shall negotiate your percentage share of the total sum

upon your acceptance to help me lodge the money in any bank account

nominated by you. You can open up a new bank account for this purpose

considering you might be afraid to disclose to me your personal account

details. Please expedite action,do not hesitate to discontinue further

communication if this transaction is not of interest to you.

Sincerely,
Mrs Suha Arafat




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