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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: "MR CV" <cv11mr7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: auditorcharlesvogel@mail.com
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 22:43:14 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT !!!

Zulberg Closeoff
Ernest Oppenheimer
Road Bruma Lake,
Johannesburg,2196
South Africa.

PHONE: +874-763593730
+870-763593730

DEAR SIR,

( RE: TRANSFER OF ($125,000.000.00 USD)
ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS

I want to transfer ($125,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred & Twenty five million
United States Dollars from a Prime Bank here in South Africa to an oversea
account. First, my name is Mr. Charles Vogel, I must solicit your strictest
confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of it's nature as being
utterlyconfidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability and
reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude.

I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your
safe account for unward investment.You can either provide us with an
existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive
this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as
you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business
trusting in you and believing that you will never let me down either now or
in future.

I am the personal account officer to the great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an
account in one of the top banks here in South Africa. The account was opened
in 1998 and he died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL and since 2003
nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating and if
I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

We will start the first transfer with Twenty five million [$25,000.000].
Upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side, we
shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining balance of $100 Million to
your account.

At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any
expenses both parties incurred in the process of this business and the
remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your
strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your
account I will then start the processing of the transfer of the fund to
your account without further delay.

Contact me urgently via telephone or email for further
details.
Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Charles Vogel.

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