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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: "Frank Williams" <frank_williams_001@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:41:38 +0200
Subject: KIND ASSISTANCE.

PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS
JOHANESSBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.

Telephone: 27-73-150-4618
Dear,


URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

I am Pastor Frank Williams, the first son of Late Lufuno Williams. l am a
citizen of Swaziland. My father was the managing director of Lufuno
Aluminium Company in Swaziland but very unfortunately he died in the year
2001 after a protracted illness. Due to poor management of the company in
my country and for the fact that I am so dedicated to church activities, I
realized that I will be unable to manage the company and so soon it may wind
up.I also realized that I am too young to manage a large company of that
type 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$10,600,000 (Ten million, Six Hundred Thousand 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 Johanessburg, South Africa where I am
currently staying with my mother and other two younger sisters where we
residing as asylum seekers. However, I am into pastorial activities now and
I have most of my time dedicated to church activities.

At the moment, we want to transfer the fund to oversea country for
investment because there is no good investment atmosphere here in South
Africa. I therefore need your assistance to enable me transfer the fund into
our private/company's account over there so that we can relocate to plan
for theinvestment of the fund through your personal assistance. I mostly
need your assistance in investing the fund because I have little experience
of investment/management of the fund. It is also my plan that after the
successful transfer of the fund into your account there, I will first
relocate my mother and other 2 sisters to stay with you while I will first
travel to complete my theological school.What I mostly need from you is
honest and sincerity because this fund is my life and the life of my
family. If you can assist us in this transaction, I will give you 25% of
the total fund, 5% will be for the expenses inccurred during the transaction
while 75% will remain in your account for 2 years to enable me complete
my school 100% risk free, but you must keep it confidential. If you can
assist us, kindly send me an urgent mail / to indicate your interest.
I await your soonest response

Pastor F. Williams

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