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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: "Patrick Dennar" <pdennar1@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 12:11:21 +0000
Subject: Mutual Contract

FROM: DR.P.DENNAR
TEL: 234-1-7208449
FAX: 234-1-7594404
E-MAIL: drp_dennar@yahoo.com

CRUDE OIL SALES
I am Dr.P.Dennar and the Director of oil sale in the Ministry of Petroleum
and Mineral Reasources. I am particularly in charge of crude oil sales. I
want to intimate you on this benefit able transaction; I am making this
contact because of my position in the Ministry and to ensure that the
transaction is perfected. Trust is also very important.

However, as in virtue of my position, I am not allowed to operate foreign
account. This is in compliance with the ministry law. I want you to consider
and regard this as very important and benefit able for both of us. The
amount is in USD 28.6 Million (Twenty-eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand
USD) this sum emanated from the sales of crude oil, which I sold as Remnant
on board (ROB).

After due purchase of the crude oil and terms of sales agreement made, the
shipping vessel which is caring the crude was over loaded to the tune of
over 500,000(BA) Five Hundred Thousand Barrels) (ROB), Reminance on board.
The crude oil was discharge to another vessel on board and was sold to
American Oil Company in the sum of 28.6 Million USD.

Now the payments have been made and the fund is in our oil trust account in
Post Bank, Holland unclaimed. I can't claim it due to my position.
Therefore, my writing is to front you to claim the fund on our behalf. What
is needed of you is to complete the claim papers which i will prepare here
and send to you, thereafter you send the documents of claim to Post Bank in
Holland and the payment will be made to any account you submit to the Post
Bank. I will perfect the modalities and procedure. This transaction is risk
free and confidential.

For your effort, you get USD 4Million but we can negotiate. Please be human
and trusted because I rely on this fund for investment purpose which you may
give direction to. Could you please make an urgent reply, so that we start
the processing and the transfer of the fund into your nominated account.

All reply to be sent to drp_dennar@yahoo.com
Sincerely,

DR.P.DENNAR

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