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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: "mike ghondeck" <mikeghondeck@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 13:20:42 +0200
Subject: FOR YOUR PERUSAL

For Your Kind Attention,

INVESTMENT/PARTNERSHIP RELATIONSHIP.

First, I must insist on your confidence in this transaction. I am making
this contact with you based on reliable information available to us courtesy

of Internet business index and confirmed by our local chambers of
commerce and industry concerning your reputation.

Thus we are convinced you would be capable to provide us with a solution
to a money transfer transaction of US$410,400,000.00(Four Hundred and Ten
Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Toward the end of my service with Bank of China where I worked for many

years, several of my colleagues and I set up companies with which we
successfully secured loans for speculation in Hong Kong and Singapore
stocks and real estate. We did this because it had dawned on us that we
were paid barely enough to feed our families while top government officials

control billions of dollars.

The bank along with regulatory authorities from China and Hong Kong
started an investigation into the losses of money and as a result a few
of my
colleagues and I went into hiding and have settled ourselves and our families.


Due to our positions as being involved with the initial investigation, we
cannot receive this money by ourselves or in our names at this time. Furthermore
we have decided to remove this money and divide it accordingly because the
investigation has died down and we cannot leave the money unattended for
much longer for fear that it might be discovered.

I hereby solicit your assistance to help take delivery of my own share
of the funds totaling this funds totaling (US$61,000,000.00) into your
custody, and you will be adequately compensated with 20% of the entire sum.
It is our intention therefore having your understanding and co-operation
that you invest 50% of these funds in the United States and Europe in commercial
real estate as well as low risk stocks and bonds on our behalf for a few

years while 25% will cater for investment in your technologies. 5% would

before all local and foreign expenses incurred in facilitating the transfer
of
this funds.

Our projection is to conclude transfer of funds latest 14 working days
from date of receipt of the following information EMAIL:
mikeghondeck@hotmail.com (Your full name and address, your telephone
and fax numbers and a brief profile of yourself to assure us of your capability

and compatibility.

Presently the funds are invested in financial instruments both the Singapore
and Hong Kong markets through top world class fund managers, with the fund
managers sitting as nominees for the funds. As soon as we tidy up preliminaries
with you, we would arrange for the transfer of beneficiary title to you,
at which point we shall be guided by our mutually agreed procedures.

Please note that we would require a measure of guarantee prior to
commencement, as we are hoping to build our trust on sincerity of
purpose and mutual understanding.
Please also do not under estimate the need for total confidentiality throughout
the course of this transaction. You may use these links for some information:

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_05/b3768065.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2115792.stm
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=papers&code=02-C_
01
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200208/25/eng20020825_102035.shtml
http://www.chinaonline.com/caijing/C02050731.asp

Please contact me immediately you receive this mail, signifying your
capability and willingness, to enable me give you additional details on

our proposed course of action for getting these funds to you 100%
risk-free.

Again we look forward to doing business with you and solicit your
utmost confidentiality in this transaction.

Yours faithfully,

MR. M. Ghondeck


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