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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: "Razim Haruna" <razimharuna@oilnetwork.net>
Reply-To: info_onlineplanet@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:36:32 +0000
Subject: WISH & FAVOURS.

ATTN; MY PRIVATE EMAIL; universaltrustbound@yahoo.co.jp



Dear Friend,

Top of the day to you.

Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you
my name is Razim Haruna. i am 61 years old man. i am from( UNITED ARAB
EMIRATE ). Also

president/founder of Oil and Gas Ltd.
we are OPEC members who deal on crude oil and raw
materials export into the Canada/America and
Europe. i owned two business in Dubai. I WAS MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN. MY
WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN

DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT SIX YEARS AGO. EVER SINCE MY OBLIGATION TO HELP THE
POOR HAS BEEN STRONG

AND VERY EFFECTIVE, I HAVE BEEN HELPING THE ORPHANS IN THE ORPHANAGE /
MOTHERLESS HOMES. I HAVE

DONATED SOME MONEY TO THE ORPHANS IN SIERRA-LEONE, SUDAN, SRI LANKA,
CAMEROON, BRAZIL, LIBERIA,

BANGALADESH AND INDIA. BEFORE I BECAME ILL,

I will want to solicit for your assistance to help
collect a cheque that is due for payment to me for
services and supplies i rendered. ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE SOME MONEY,
SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE

HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH ASSURANCE BANK IN EUROPE. THE MONEY IS
PRESENTLY WITH THE BANK IN

EUROPE. PRESENTLY, I AM IN A HOSPITAL. MY DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT I HAVE CANCER
OF THE LUNGS THAT I

HAVE FEW MONTHS TO LIVE. PLEASE, I BEG YOU IN THE NAME OF ALLAH TO HELP ME
COLLECT THIS FUNDS

FROM THE BANK IN EUROPE. AFTER COLLECTING THE MONEY FROM THE BANK IN EUROPE,
YOU WILL NOW HELP ME

TAKE THIS MONEY (SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) AND THE
CHEQUE TO ANY ORPHANAGE

HOME CLOSE TO YOU. I AM OFFERING YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM OF SIXTEEN MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED

THOUSAND DOLLARS 5% IS FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURED BY YOU AND THE REMAINING 75%
SHOULD BE COMPLETELY

DONATED TO THE ORPHANAGE HOME OF YOUR CHOICE.

Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you
to furnish me with your particulars, so as to enable
me give you further details. Please, you have to
be an honest and trusted person, as more payments
wil be made through you in the course of this
transaction.And moreso you will be entitled to 10%
of every payment that you are able to recieve for us from
our customers. MAY THE GOOD ALLAH BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I AWAIT YOUR
URGENT RESPONSE.

Also you can write me through this email;

universaltrustbound@yahoo.co.jp

with the below informations filled out.


NAME..................................

MAILING ADDRESS.......................

AGE:..................................

STATUS:...............................

STATE/COUNTRY.........................

TEL/FAX NUMBERS.......................

COMPANY NAME.........................

OCCUPATION..........................


We look forward in working with you.

Mr Razim Haruna
(CEO)

Oil and Gas Ltd
President/Founder
www.oil.com

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