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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: "Charles Soludo" <soludo_41@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:21:53 +0000
Subject: JOINT VENTURE..

FROM THE DESK OF C.SOLUDO,
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK(ADB)
ECOWAS MAIN BUILDING,
LOME TOGO
WEST AFRICA,

ATTN/PLS.

With your quick response,I want to transfer to overseas account
($16,000.000.00 USD) Sixteen million United States Dollars) from African
Developement Bank here in Togo, I want to ask you, If you are not capable
to. quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and
fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c
immediately to receive this money, even a new dollar a/c can serve to
receive this money,

As long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important
business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in future.my name is Engr.Charles Soludo,The (A.D.B}
African Development Bank Main Office Manager here in Lome Togo,
during the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank in 1990 and since 2002 nobody has operated on this
account again,after going through some old files in the records I discovered
that the owner of the account died at the world trade centre, following the
attack in New york and Washington on the 11th September 2001 without a
[Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is (Mr.S.B Andreas) ,a foreigner,and the manager
of petro-technical support services,a chemical enginer by profession and he
died since Sept 11th 2001.No other person knows about this account or any
thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the manager
GOLD ARK [pty]. Togo.

We will start the first transfer with Six million [$6,000.000] upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall
re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account.The
total amount involve is Sixteen million United States Dollars only
[$16,000.000.00]. I want to first transfer $6,000.000.00 [Six million United
States Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before
the rest.

But I don't know any foreigner,that is why, I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,
without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to
any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and
foreign a/c because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the
a/c is a foreigner.

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together when we meet
face to face after the first transfer of $6 Million before transferring the
second part of $10 Million. I am revealing this to you with believe in God
that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the
only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently
so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your
private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding
agreement that will bind us together immediately after the first transfer
before I will fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.I
need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is
ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information
of this account, which I will give to you upon your positive response and
once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction
of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business.

I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me down.
With my influence and my position in this bank the bank official can
transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account that you can provide
with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival
in your country for sharing. this business is confidential.I will use my
position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of
this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries and foreign exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, look forward to your earliest reply
Thanks
Engr,Charles Soludo,

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