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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: "Mrs. Rosa Savimbi" <rrsav@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: rosavimb44@ureach.com
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 07:31:50 -0700
Subject: FAMILY TREASURE? (PLS HELP ME)

Dear Partner,

I got your contact in my search for a trustworthy
foreigner that will assist me in my present
predicament, as I don?t even know whom to trust so I
allowed the spirit of God to lead me. Firstly let me
introduce my self.

I am Mrs. Rosa Jonas Savimbi, wife of the late leader
of the National Union of the total Liberation of
Angola(U.N.I.T.A) who died on the February 22 2002 by
the bullet of the ruling government troop.

My late husband was controlling the northern part of
Angola as a rebel leader which is blessed with a huge
deposit of diamonds this my late husband used to his
advantage, mining and selling these diamond to foreign
individuals and government in return for huge amount
of US Dollars and ammunitions that is part of the
reasons couple with determination why he was able to
sustain his troop for 30 years of civil war .

Before his untimely death He left a huge amount of
money which amount to $65million( sixty five million
United state dollars) he kept the money under my care
in case of eventuality so that the future of me and
our children will be secure. when we heard the bad
news of his death, his trusted aid moved me and the
children and members of our family out of our hiding,
we traveled in a fishing boat to Port Oron, Calabar
Nigeria from where I am making this contact.

The money has been coded and secretly deposited in a
security company and declared as ?FAMILY TREASURE? for
onward courier to reliable foreigner in an advanced
economy like your country for safe keep And
Investment.

I am assuring you that this transaction is risk free,
what we need from you is your co-operation and
sincerity of purpose.

Power of Attorney/Transfer of right and privilege
would be issued in your Name. I will wait for your
response before I can open up the modus-operandi of
this transaction to you in detail.

Please read the below Africa news regarding my Late
Husband Jonas Savimbi(May his soul rest in perfect
peace.Amen...

http://www.the-idler.com/IDLER-02/3-16.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stm

Thanks for your understanding.

Yours in Business,

Mrs. Rosa Jonas Savimbi.

___________________________________________________________

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