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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: "johnny makel" <johnnymakel5005@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:36:21 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT FUND TRANSFER

FROM:MR. JONATHAN MAKELELE
ADD:70 WEST MORLAND SANTON,
JOHANESBOURG.SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL:27-83-434-8103.
EFAX + 1 610 980 5023 (for security reason)
E-MAIL:johnnymakel5005@hotmail.com


CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT.

Greetings,

Please, I will like you to take your time to go through this mail carefully
and with patience. I am contacting you in view of the fact that we will be
of great assistance to each other likewise developing a cordial business
relationship, as I am interested in investing in your country.

I am Mr. Jonathan Makelele the first son of Late Mr. Otobo Makelele of
Swaziland in Africa. My father was the managing director of Otobo Aluminum
Company in Swaziland but very unfortunate he died in the year 2003 after a
protracted illness. I realized that I will be unable to manage the company
and soonest it may fold up. I also realized that I am too young to manage a
large company of that magnitude and most of the directors have already began
to divert the net profit being generated from the company.

I therefore arranged with my father's lawyer and sold the entire company to
Mr. Alan Foster from Poland at the price of US$26,000,000 (Twenty Six
million dollars). Due to constant pressure from some of my relatives and
also fear of likely attack on my family to hijack the fund, I arranged with
my mother to transfer the fund into a security company in South Africa where
I am currently staying with my mother and other two younger sisters. At the
moment, we want to transfer the fund into your Account in your country for
investment. I therefore need your assistance to enable me transfer the fund
into your private/company's account over there so that we can re-locate to
plan for the investment of the fund through your personal assistance and
advise.

I mostly need your assistance in investing the fund because I have little
experience of investment strategies. If you can assist us in this
transaction, I will give you 10% of the total fund while 90% will remain in
your account for 1 year to enable me complete my education.

Please, if you can assist us, kindly call me on my private telephone number
to notify your seriousness + 27-83-434-8103,also send me an urgent email to
indicate your interest. Through this e-mail address or fax,Email:
johnnymakel5005@hotmail.com ,

I await your soonest response

Best regards

Jonathan Makelele.

(For the family)

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