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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: doukjo@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 09:28:32 +0000
Subject: urgent assistance(US$10,000,000.00) transfer

FROM MR JOSE DOUKRY
DIRECTOR, AUDIT AND ACCOUNT DEPT.

Dear Friend

Compliments of the day.How are you and your business
today with hope that God is fully in control.I believe that you will be
suprise to receive this
mail in the sense that you dont know me till this
moment.
I must first apologise as it was as matter of urgency needed in thetransaction
.

I am Mr.Jose Doukry, the director of account and audit
department Of one of the prime banks in Cote D'Ivoire
,formely known as Ivory Coast in West Africa.

I am writing following the impressive information
about you .With due respect and regards.during our quartely auditing in
our bank.
my department came across a huge amount of money TEN MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS(US$10,000,000.00)belonging to one of our foreign customer,a Rwanda
who died along with his entire family in april 1994 ethnic massacre(genocide)

Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to
the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidlines and
laws, but unfortunately i learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation
died along side with
him in the genocide leaving nobody behind for the
claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposal to you and to enable the release of the money to you as thenext
of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it and since this money had gone into the bank
treasury as unclaimed
bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if
such money remained unclaimed after a period of time , the money will be
transfered into the bank treasure as unclaimed fund.
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner(Rwandan)and an ivorian like
me cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
We will discuss our sharing percentage as soon as we establish a mutual
relationship.After the tranfer I will visit your country for disbursment
according to the percentages we will decide upon.

Bear it in mind that a percentage of the fund will be earnmarked for donation
to charity organisations in
Rwandan for the cause of the victims of the genocide.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this
fund to you as arranged,I will issue you an specimen of application which
you will apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased.
In the specimen of the application you will re-type,fill the necessary information
about you and
summit it to the bank which the address will
be upon the application.

upon receipt of your reply, i will send all the
documents covering the fund.but at thesame time i will want you to include
to me your telephone and fax number for our effective communication.
Also i will like you to know that we have to keep this business secret between
ourselves.

You can contact me immediately through my secured E-mail address (douk_jo3@yahoo.com)
as soon as you receive this mail.


GOD BLESS YOU,
MR.JOSE DOUKRY


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