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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: "OWEN JONES" <owen_jones_absa111@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:16:15 +0200
Subject: CLASSIFIED AND RESTRICTED INFORMATION

FROM :DR.JONES OWEN
THE CHIEF AUDITOR OF
AMALGAMATED BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA(ABSA).
YOU VIEW OUR SIGHT: www.absa.co.za
EMAIL :owen_jones_absa1111111111@hotmail.com
ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O.



DEAR SIR



I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise since we don;t know
each other before, but for purposes of introduction, I am HON.DR.JONES OWEN,
the CHIEF AUDITOR of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). Iam a
chartered accountant by {ACCA,MIN} and chief executive of DR.JONES
OWEN firm LTD.

The theme of this letter is to introduce to you a business
transaction that could be of tremendous advantage should you accept to
participate in it .

After going through some old files in the records of the above namedbank, I
discovered that there was an account opened since 1990 by one Mr.Smith
B.Andreas, a geologist by profession, working with miner at Kruger gold
co.This account has been domaunt since 1999. The amount involved is{USD
45M}Fourty five million United States Dollars .

I want a reliable and trustworthy foreign friend in whose account,I will
transfer this mone. In view of this, if you are in trested, please indicate
by replying this letter immediately. All necessary documents as regards to
the transfer have been concluded by me .Your percentage for the
transaction is 35% while I have 60% . 5% is for the running cost.{This
percentage is negociable }.

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange departments. Please rememberb to include
your phone and fax numbers fot easy security and confidential reasons.

If this transaction is honestly carried out,you will not regret it as more
profitable venturts will emmerge I look forward to your earliest reply
through my

{TREAT WITH ULTMOST CONFIDENCE } my other
Email:owen_jones_absa1111111111@hotmail.com

Yours truly,
DR.JONES OWEN

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