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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: "abu_aham990@ommail.com" <abu_ahamadu008@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:22:27 -1200
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

From :Dr.ABUBAKAR AHAMADA,ACCA,FCIA.
Principal Auditor ,
Credit Bank of Iraq S.A
Elwiy a Bld'g.,Sa'Doun st,
P.O.Box 3420
Baghdad-Iraq.
****************************************************
Dear Sir,
RE: TRANSFER OF 114,200.000.00 USD
(ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN MILLION,TWO HUNDRED THOUSANDS
US
DOLLARS)
I am the principal Auditor and the personal account officer
to a great
late industrialist, who has an account with My Bank here in
Iraq. This
account was opened in 1999 and has not been operated since
2002.Realiable
sources revealed that the oil merchant died in one of
the terrorist attack in his Basrah residence.
Until his death there was no written or oral will. This
account in
question
has been floating since 2002 and if I do not remitt this
money out
urgently
it will be forfeited for nothing since the bank has been
sold to
another
Bank in Kuwait and the management of the bank is ready to
release the
Fund
to any foreigner who has the correct information of the
account before
fully
handing
over to the management to the new bank in March 2005.

[Search;< www.metimes.com/2K3/issue2003-49/
bus/kuwait_banks_fund.htm -
4k.>],[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1035655.htm]
All the necessary information regarding the account will be
provided to
you. The owner of the account is a foreigner and no other
person knows
about this account or any thing concerning it. The account
has no other
beneficiary and until Richard C.O'Neily s death, he was the
manager of
SOUTH REFINERIES COMPANY (SRC) P.O. BOX : ( 77 ) Shuaiba -
Basrah -
Iraq.

My investigation through the Immigration Department proved
to me as
well
that Richard O'Neily was single as at his point of entry
into the
Arab
Republic Of Iraq. We will Start with Fourteen Million Two
hundred
Thousand
USD and upon a successful conclusion without any
disappointment from
your
side ,we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining
amount to
your
account. The total amount involved is (USD114.2million) One
Hundred
and
Fourteen Million, Two hundred
thousand United States Dollars only. I am revealing this to
you with
faith
In Allah ,that you will never let me down in this business,
You are
the
first and only Person that I am contacting for this
business, So
please
reply urgently so that I will inform you on the next step
to take
urgently.
With My influence, all will be safely handled and well
done. At the conclusion of this Business, you will be given
40% of the
total amount ,60% will be for me. We have to make haste to
avert this
fund
being written off as excess profit and being channeled to
the
Islamic Terrorist
Purse.
Awaiting your prompt and Positive response.
Yours Truly,
Dr. ABUBAKAR AHAMADA,ACCA,FCIA


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