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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: "hamed zongo0128" <hamedzongo0128@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 22:56:17 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPOND


HAMED ZONGO



Dear friend, TOP SECRET


I know this may come as surprise and sceptic to you. I am one of the
officials in the Energy management board, in Burkina Faso. We had a contract
with Denmark through the Burkina Faso Danish Cooperation, which was signed
on the 4th of march, 1999 on the Electrification of the Urban centres,
offices and rural dwellers.

The project has been executed, you can check on the website. www.SONABEL.BF.
But, the main issue of contacting you is to intimate you that during the
award of this contract, a few of my colleagues and l, had inflated the
amount of this contract and the OVER- INVOICED is being safeguarded under
our custody.

However, we have decided to transfer this sum of money, $15.5million USA
Dollars out of this Country for disbursement. Hence, we seek for a reliable,
honest and not greedy foreign partner whom we shall use his or her account
to transferring the fund. And we agreed that the account owner shall benefit
30% of the total amount of money, 65% is for us here, and 5% will be used
for miscellaneous expenses during the transfer.

If you are capable to handle the transaction without hitches and flaws, then
we have confidence in the deal, and a risk free transfer from our side.
Please, make it TOP SECRET and avoid every channel of implicating us here
thereby endanger our career. Therefore, if you will not be able to handle
it, please hold on your peace for our sake we are public servants.

I pray to God for his providence for a smooth transfer, so that our retiring
soon or later will be a better and blissful retirement life, as such we are
very cautious towards actualising this noble venture. It can also be a once
in life opportunity for you, because l know that we going to see face-face,
preferably come down to Burkina Faso and verify on my claim on the said
amount of money in the bank. Besides, to discuss business and investment in
your country at large, and thereafter sit together to decide on the means of
transferring.

If this picks your interest, please do contact me immediately through this
email address for more details and for easier communication.

Please, time is no longer on our side.

Best regards,

HAMED ZONGO

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