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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: "clinton_ibrahim ibrahim" <clinton_ibrahim@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:26:39 +0000
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT.

DR.CLINTON.
RWA CONTRACTING AGENCY.
BOBO DILASO, BURKINA FASO.

Dear Friend

I am DR. CLINTON. executive member of the Board of RWA contracting Agency
here in Republic of Burkina-Faso.

My group recently agreed unanimously to divert Twenty FIVE Million US
Dollars($25million)into a
foreign account for our personal use and benefit. The simple mode of
operation is just for some one to apply for the release of this money to
you/your company for bulding materials purportedly supplied.

We shall arrange all the papers and get approvals for the release of the
money with documented evidence of the commodities supplied and People in
bukina faso who have benefited from the materials purportedly supplied by
you early last year. We have all the records of
purchasing Orders and Supplies.

Certainly, your partnership will be rewarded with twenty 25%percent of
the $25million USD, We shall have seventy five percent while the remaining
five percent will be used to reimburse both parties for the expenses that
might be incurred in the course of consummating this deal. It is important
to state here,that no risk of any kind is involved,now or in future.

All parties involved would be very much protected by a silent but active
agreement whose great
tenet will be STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. My group is very much ready and capable
of effecting the remittance of this fund into a well secured foreign
account(individual or corporate) owned and operated by some one who talks
less and worthy of trust.

Please,if you are interested in working on this with us and you believe
you are trustworthy, get in touch with me via my Email Address You should
send by email only all the necessary information required to actualize the
transfer, thus: 1.Your Name(2)Name of Company,if any,
(3)Address(4)Tel/Fax:Numbers(5)Name of Bank/Address and Account Number We
need Ten Banking days to enable us complete this Transfer to your account
after getting all the enabling information
from you.

The materials supplied are constroction martirials of various kinds,
We will prepare an invoice to cover these materials at the cost of
US$25million. We shall forward the invoice to the Chief Accountant of RWA
and get approvals for payment to your account through The Financial Trust
Company empowered by the Government to approve Payments.

To reduce your curiosity,we got your contact from the internet
after a careful study of possible investment areas infuture.
Please,acknowledge this correspondence via my email address.
telephone call.00226)76662491)

Looking forward to hearing from you soon

Regards
DR.CLINTON.

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