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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: "innocent johnson" <innocentjohnson@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:15:59 +0200
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

PASTOR INNOCENT JOHNSON
TELL-27-731668592
EMAIL:innocentjohnson@hotmail.com

ATTN:

I am PASTOR INNOCENT JOHNSON , the first SON of Late Lufuno JOHNSON am a
citizen of Swaziland. My father was the managing director of Lufuno Aluminum
Company in Swaziland but very unfortunately he died in the year 2003 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, I realized that I
will be unable to manage the company and so soon it may wind up. I also
realized that I am too young to manage a large company of that type and most
of the directors have already began to divert the net profit being generated
from the company, I therefore arranged with my father’s lawyer and sold the
entire company to Mr. Alan Foster from Poland at the price of US$11 MILLION
US DOLLARS

Due to constant pressure from some of my relatives and also fear of likely
attack on my family to hijack the fund, I arranged with my mother to
transfer the fund into a security company in Johannesburg, South Africa
where I am currently staying with my mother and other two younger sisters.
However, I am into pastoral activities now and I have most of my time
dedicated to church activities.

At the moment, we want to transfer the fund to oversea country 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/company's account over there so that we can relocate to plan
for the investment of the fund through your personal assistance. I mostly
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 account there, I will first
relocate my mother and other 2 sisters to stay with you while I will first
travel to United States of America to complete my theological school.

What I mostly 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 while 75% will remain in your account
for 2 years to enable me complete my school and then join my other relatives
to plan for our family investments.

Please, be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free, but you must
keep it confidential. If you can assist us, kindly send me an urgent email
to indicate your interest.

I await your soonest response

PASTOR INNOCENT JOHNSON

(FOR THE FAMILY)

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