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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: beleyi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:09:55 +0100
Subject: STUDY CAREFULLY AND REPLY ME ASAP!

From the office of
The Chief Accountant
Bills and Credits
Foreign Remittance
ECOBANK Lome-Togo

My Dear,

My name is Prof. Beleyi V. Locoh-Donou, I am the Chief
Accountant for the Bills and Credits in the Foreign
Remittance Unit of ECOBANK Headquarters here in
Lome,Republic of Togo.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank
with account number:22-4586-4456/ECBOT, whose name is Late
Mr. Chang Myungnam, who perished in a plane crash [Korean
Air Flight 801] which crashed in Guam on Wednesday August
6,1997 ,killing the whole passengers abroad.

Note, for your perusal, you can view this website

<http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/>

Since the demise of this our customer,I personally has
watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all
has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds
of US$10.5M, [Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars] which has been with my branch for a very
long time.

I am the account officer to the deceased when he was still
alive,I want to use my position as one of the senior staff
of the bank who knows about his deposit to seek for a
reliable foreign partner that will stand as the next of
kin/new beneficiary to the deceased deposit with the bank.

Note that our banking ethics here does not allow such money
to stay more than eight years,without being recalled to the
bank treasury as unclaimed deposit.
In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal
and decided to contact you.I will give you 25% of the total
sum for your assistance.

Upon the receipt of your response,I will send you by fax or
e-mail the Application Letter and other necessary documents
which you will use to apply to the bank as the next of kin
to the deceased customer.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business
is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as
all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within
ten banking days,from the date you applied to the bank as a
relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter,Kindly send me an e-mail
signifying your decision including your private Tel/Fax
numbers for quick communication.

I will be here till success is achieved and will be feeding
you with every information that the bank will expect from
you as a relation to the deceased.Be rest assured that you
will never regret your involvement in this transaction.

May God be with you.

Beleyi V. Locoh-Donou
The Chief Accountant
Bills and Credits
Foreign Remittance
ECOBANK Lome-Togo
Alternative Email: locoh_d@myway.co



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