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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: ernestbongani1@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:03:22 +0200
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED PLEASE

From: Evangelist Ernest Bongani
Tel: + 27-73-786-8904
Fax: + 27-73-396-7181
E-mail:ernestbongani@box.az

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Evangelist Ernest Bongani, the first son of late Dr.John Bongani. I am a citizen
of Swaziland. My late father was the managing director of Aluminum Company in
Swaziland but unfortunately he died in the year 2002 after a protracted illness.
Due to poor management of the company in my country and for the fact that I am
so dedicated to church activities realized that I am too young to manage a large
company of that type and most of the director have already began to divert the net
profit being generated from the company.

I therefore arrange with my father?s lawyer and sold the entire company to Mr. Alan
Foster from Poland at the price of US$20,500.000,00(Twenty Million,Five Hundred
Thousand
United States Dollars). Due to constant pressure from some of my relatives and also
fear of likely attack on my family to hijack the fund, I arrange with my mother to
transfer
the fund to one of the security and finance company in South Africa, where I am
currently staying with my mother and other sister. However, I am into pastoral
activities now and most of my time is been dedicated to church activities. At the
moment, we want to transfer the fund to overseas account for investment because there
is no good investment atmosphere here in South Africa.

I therefore need your assistance to enable me transfer the fund into your
private/companies account overseas so that we can relocate to plan for the investment
of the fund through your personal assistance. I need your assistance in investing
the fund because I have little experience of investment/management of the fund. It
is also my plan that after the successful transfer of the fund into your overseas
account, I will first relocate my mother and other sister to stay with you, while I
will complete my theological school. What I need from you is honest and sincerity
because this fund is my life and the life of my family.

If you can assist us in this transaction, I will give you 25% of the total fund for
your assistance,and 5% for any expenses both parties may incur during the process of
the transfer while 70% will remain in your account for (2 years) to enable me
complete my school and join my family to plan for the investments.Please, be assured
that this transaction is 100% risk free. I await your soonest response.

Regards and God bless.
Evangelist Ernest Bongani.
NB, PLEASE REPLY TO THIS ALTERNATIVE E-mail:ernestbongani@box.az

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