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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: "Emannuel Taiwo" <emmanueltaiwo@danceart.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:00:41 -0500
Subject: American Merchant Bank Ltd

The Branch Manager.
American Merchant Bank Ltd
23McCarthy Street,Boston House
Wuse II, Abuja,
Email- emmanuel_taiwo2005@yahoo.de


Attn: Dear Friend,



This email will come to you as a surprise since we do not know each
other before-now. well I got your e-mail through your country's
profile on the internet. And i humbly seek your willingness to
assist in this regard.

Friend, an account was opened in this bank in 1994 and since 2001
nobody has operated this account again After going through some old
files in the bank records, I discovered it was involveing (US$20.M)
TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS. in account that belongs to
one
of our foreign customers Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and
only daughter. if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be
forfeited for nothing You shall read more about the crash on
visiting this site.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html


I am contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any
foreign account because the money is in US Dollars and the former
owner of the account was a foreigner too. I know that this massage
will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before,
We will sign an agreement, but be sured that it is real and a
genuine business.it is 100% risk free. And mind you,it's
confidentail. Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the
next step to take immediately.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the
total amount while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have
incurred during the process of transferring this fund. I look
forwrad to hearing from you soonest via this email. You can as well
forward your direct telephone number for easier communication.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr Emmanuel Taiwo



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