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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: wisdom_abia@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:19:32 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?GOOD=20DAY?=

Engineer wisdom abia
E-mail:wisdom_abia002@yahoo.com
Shell Petroleum South-Africa.


Attn: THE PRESIDENT/MANAGING DIRECTOR

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Engineer wisdom abia, a Director of the Contracts Award and review
Department with the Shell petroleum South-Africa. I am contacting you on
the business of transferring the sum of US$20,500,000.00.(Twenty
Million,five Hundred thousand United States Dollars only) into a safe
foreign account and the need is very urgent. I got your contact from the
South-Africa Chambers of Commerce and it is with business trust thatmade
me
to contact you on this matter. I write to solicit for the transfer of this
money into your account. This Money was generated from an over Invoiced
contract sum in my corporation.
I am contacting you for your help and partnership for the following two
reasons:
(1) As a civil servant, I am not permitted to own foreign accounts
due to civil service code of conduct.
(2) My present financial resources as a civil servant will not
be sufficient for me to handle the transfer alone successfully without financial
assistance from a reliable foreign partner abroad like you.20% of
this sum would be for you as compensation for using your Bank account
in transferring this money, 5% would be used to re-imburse the expenses

made by both parties during the processing of the transfer which
includes,telephone
bills, travelling expenses and fees. While 75% is for me.
Please note that I will arrange to meet with You immediately
after the
successful conclusion of the transfer, the 75% share of mine will be used

for investment overseas. Your assistance and co-operation is highly needed.

I assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free. If you are
interested,I will require your banking information as mentioned below:
1. Name to be used as beneficiary and beneficiarys address.
2. Your private and confidential telephone/ faxnumber(s)andCell
phone.
3. Your bank name and address, your bank Telephone and fax number(s).
I hope to conclude this business within the next fourteen- (14) working
days.
Looking forward to your anticipated and urgent positive response via E-mail:wisdom_abia002@yahoo.com
Best regards,
Engineer wisdom abia





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