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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: john white <mrjohnwhite@graduateengineer.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:59:57 +0100
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT

Hello,

I'm a banker with one of the renowned banks in the Republic of South
Africa. Last two months,While going through the dormant accounts,I
found an account that has been existing but, dormant for 13 years. I
took
an interest in this account and decided to investigate.At the end of my
investigation,I found out that the owner of the account was dead.He
died in a plane crash with his wife 13 years ago.My interest in this
account
however,is the large sum of money in the late man's account.The account
contains $13 million United States Dollars.($13,000,000USD) In the
monetary laws of South Africa,if an account is dormant for 15 years,the
whole amount of money in the account will be taken by the Government
In
this case only two years is left before the Government takes over the
money in the account of the late man.



I believe you are wondering why am telling you all this.The reason is
that I need your assistance/co-operation .I have a way by which I can
move this money out of the dormant account.But,my only problem is this
funds are in United States Dollars (currency) and so I cannot move it
to
a local currency bank account here in South Africa and thus I cannot
have access to it.This is why I need your assistance/co-operation.This
money can only be transferred to a foreign bank account in another
country.I need you to co-operate with me by assisting me with your
account
to
receive this money. To avoid the temptations of greed, I hereby offer
you 40%($5.2million) of the total sum of $13 million USD. When the
money
is in your custody,I will give you an account for you to transfer my
share back to me which I will receive in local South African currency.
Most importantly though is for you to understand that this transaction
is
entirely safe.I'm 53 years old and a father of 2 children and have been
working in the bank for over 20 years and so I know exactly what am
doing . I have taken my time to ensure that you are not in any risk. It
is
a 100% safe transaction.There is no looming danger awaiting you
whatesoever .



Note that this money will be transferred to your account directly if
we reach an agreement. Thus, if you can and will assist me,do not
hesistate to reply me so I can expedite action on this transaction.


I look forward to your reply soonest.



Regards,
John White



N.B: Alternate Email: mrjohnwhite2k5@yahoo.com.




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