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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: "adolf jones" <adolfjones2015@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:34:27 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE/CONFIDENTIAL.

MR ADOLF JONES
The Manager of Audit & Accountancy Dept.
African Development Bank/ADB.
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.



CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION.
Dear Partner,
Good evening and how are you doing?I hope fine.

Please let this my message do not be a surprise to you because i got your
information and lay trust in you before i contacted you.

I am the MANAGER OF AUDIT & ACCOUNTANCY DEPARTMENT of our bank and i decided
to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of TWENTY ONE
MILLION,THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($21,300,000.00 m).This
is an abandoned fund that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who
died along with his entire family on through plane crash disaster about 3
years ago.I was very fortune to came acroos the deceased file when i was
arranging the old and abandoned customers files of 2002-2004 in other to
submit to the bank managements accordingly for re-documentation purposes.

It is clearly stated in our BANKING FOREIGN POLICY and signed lawfully that
if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of FOUR(4) years starting
from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into
the BANK TREASURY as an unclaimed fund.Besides, it is not authorized by the
law guiding our bank for a citizen of BURKINA FASO to make the claim of the
fund.So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the
claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as
the NEXT OF KIN to the deceased.

When the fund is transferred into your account, FOURTY ERCENT(40%) will be
for you in an assistance and in provision of the bank account,while SIXTY
PERCENT (60%)will be for me.

If you are really sure of your integerity, trustworthy and confidentiality,
and accept not to cheat or disappoint me after this business, reply with
your telephone and fax numbers necessary for effective communication. As
soon as you reply , call me through my private tgelephone number on (00226
76 68 93 57) so that i will let you know the steps to follow in order to
finalize this transaction immediately.
I expect your urgent communication.

Yours sincerely,
Mr.ADOLF JONES

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