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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: "Dr. Paul Dube" <pdube067@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:47:17 +0200
Subject: FROM ME DR.PAUL (PLEASE READ AND ASSIMILATE THIS URGENR MAIL).

FROM:DESK OF DR.PAUL DUBE.

Dear Frind,

Greetings and Compliment of the day!.

I strongly regret any inconvenience the receipt of this letter may cause
you, bearing in mind the nature of its content coming from a person without
any referral, but please read and assimilate its
content and objectively consider if we can work together.

I am the head of the account department of a Private Bank in South Africa I
would like to
intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.

This involves a foreign client of my bank with account number
0014-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] on
August 6,1997 who shared the same last name with you
and had an investment on fixed deposit of value US$.18m,[Eighteen million
united states dollars
only] which has been with my branch for a very long timeplaced under our
bank's management years ago, the circumstances surrounding the investment
made by this client with no known nominated successor in title over this
investment made with the Private Banking Branch of my bank has made it very
difficult to locate anyone who is directly related to the deceased.

With the verystrong feeling that no one will ever come forward to claim the
funds and the
investigation coming to a close after several months, the need for an
assistance becomes rucial, as a next of kin to the depositor is earnestly
being searched for, I have already developed a fool
proof, legal and totally risk free means through which the fund can be
released to your nominated bank account within a very short time after due
documentation and authentication process.The
strategy is to use my position and influence as the Head of the branch and
Personal Account officer of the deceased to present you as a next of Kin and
beneficiary of the deposit.

I want to assure you that I have concluded all local modalities for the
successful completion of this within 10 banking days of your agreement to
proceed with me as the required assistance is
perfected to be 100% risk free.

I expect your urgent response and if in the affirmative, I shall advice you
on what we need to do.

Best regards,

Dr. Paul Dube.

CHECK:

www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/transportation/july-dec97/koreanair_8-6.html

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