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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: "Scott Miller" <scot_mp1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:31:46 +0200
Subject: CALL ME ASAP

Attn,

RE: TRANSFER OF US$168.559 MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I am Scott Miller, the operational manager in account management section in
charge of credit and foreign bills in a prime bank here in South Africa. On
a routine inspection, I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with
Balance of US$168,559,000 (One Hundred and Sixty Eight Million Five Hundred
and Fifty Nine Thousand U.S dollars Only). The account holder was in charge
of President Saddam Hussein's secret crude oil transactions in Africa. On
further discreet investigation, I discovered that the account holder died
long ago with his family on a fatal Auto-accident leaving no beneficiary to
the account and no other person knows about it.

I am in close contact with the bank manager here who is my partner and is
willing to approve the transfer to any reliable and trustworthy foreigner
with foreign bank account because the former owner of the a/c is a
foreigner. The account has no written or oral WILL attached to it. I will
provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to claim
this money if you agree to receive this fund in your account pending my
arrival in your country for sharing and on receipt of your Bank Account
Details where the fund will be transferred.

We will start with THIRTY EIGHT MILLION. At the end, 80% will be for me and
my partner, 15% for you and 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred on
both sides during the transfer. South African Civil Service Code of Conduct
Laws that prohibits Civil Servants from operating Private Foreign Accounts
affects us.

Your cooperation is highly needed.
Best Regards,
Mr. Scott Miller.
Tel: + 8747 - 635 - 91425
Fax: + 8747 - 635 - 91426
E-mail: s2005m@myway.com or scmiller@zwallet.com

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