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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 Martin Bruce" <martinfriends20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martinfriends@latinmail.com
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 23:50:56 +0000
Subject: Vital proposal form Mr Martin Bruce

No 13 VS2
Cethswayo Estate
Generation-South Africa.
{URGENT AND CONNFIDENTIAL}
(RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000.000.00 USD}
{ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS}
Dear sir,
I am Martin Bruce the Auditor General of a bank in South Africa, during the
course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this account again,
after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the
owner of the account died without a [heir] hence the money is floating and
if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
the owner of this account is Mr. Phillip Morris, a foreigner, and a sailor,
and he died, since 1993. and no other person knows about this account or any
thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that Phillip Morris until his death was
the manager Morris Coy.(pty). SA.

We will start the first transfer with Twenty six million [$26,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account, The
amount involved is (USD 126M) One hundred and Twenty Six million United
States Dollars, only I want to first transfer $26,000.000 [Twenty Six
million United States Dollar from this money into a safe foreigners account
abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting
you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person
here, without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved
to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and
foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the
a/c Mr. Phillip Morris is a foreigner too, [and the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c.

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together I got your
contact address from the Girl who operates computer, I am revealing this to
you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business,
you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this
business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step
to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number including
the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to
meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that
will bind us together before transferring the money to any account of your
choice where the fund will be safe. Before we fly to your country for
withdrawal, sharing and investments.I need your full co-operation to make
this work fine. because the management is ready to approve this payment to
any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give
to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official who is
deeply involved with me in this business.

I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down I will
apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are
ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position
and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me,
while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply through my
email infoconnet2005@yahoo.com, or excellermartin@latinmail.com,

thanks and Best reagards.
Mr Martin Bruce

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