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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: "peter martins" <petermartins506za@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 03:26:27 +0000
Subject: FAMILY REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

FROM:Mr PETER MARTINS.

TEL: +27 731-72-7521

E.MAIL:petermartins506za@hotmail.com

FAMILY REQUEST:

ATTN: DIRECTOR CEO

I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this
letter as a request from a family in dare need of assistance. Firstly, I
must introduce myself; I am MR PETER MARTINS, from Angola. I am the first
and only son of BRIGADIER ARNORLD MARTINS. I am presently residing in South
Africa. I got your address in the course of a discreet search from a
reliable person in the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry. I on
behalf of my widowed mother MRS VIVIAN MARTINS, decided to solicit for your
assistance to transfer the sum of US$23.5 MILLION (Twenty Three Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) inherited from my late father into
your private or company's account. Before his death, he was a brigadier in
charge of arms and ammunition procurement for the Angolan armed forces. In
his "Will He specifically drew my attention to US$23.5 MILLION, which he
deposited in a safe box of a private Security Company in Johannesburg, South
Africa.

IN FACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND I "QUOTE",

"My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to US$23.5 MILLION (Twenty
Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). I deposited the
box containing the fund in a private security company in Johannesburg South
Africa. During the war I was very dedicated and committed to winning the war
against the rebels until I found out that the senior army officers and
government functionaries were busy helping themselves with government funds
and property sending them to foreign countries. Due to this, when I and the
former special adviser to the president were assigned by the president (Jose
Edward Santos) to purchase some arms in South Africa, when Nelson Mandela
former president of South Africa stopped selling of arms and ammunitions to
war countries in Africa I saw this as a golden opportunity to divert the
money and we divided it and I got the total sum of US$23.5 MILLION. In case
of my absence on earth as a result of death only, you should solicit for
assistance of a reliable and sincere foreign partner to assist you to
transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purpose. I deposited
the box in your name and it can be claimed by you alone with the depository
code. Take good care of your mother and your two sisters. Do not come back
to Angola, until the war is over and beware of enemies in our family kindred
that are related to us in Libito.

From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family
depends on this money as such, I will be grateful if you can assist us, we
are now living in South Africa as political asylum seekers and the financial
laws and regulations of the Republic of South Africa does not permit us
certain financial rights. In view of this, I cannot invest this fund in
South Africa hence I am asking you to assist me to transfer it out of South
Africa for investment purpose. For your efforts, we are prepared to offer
you 25% of the total fund while 5% will be set aside for any expenses
incurred between yourself and me 3% for the charity home in your country
(THE NEEDS) while we keep 67% for our investment in your country.

Final modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you
once we have established trust and confidence between ourselves. Please
treat this matter

as urgent.

Best Regards,

MR PETER MARTINS

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