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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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• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • kingsley_dic@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "kingsley" <kingsley_dick2000@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 07:49:00 +0000
Subject: hope to hear from you

Kingsley Dickson
Tel: 0022-507-538-813.
Dearest
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I ,intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeeding sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of Seven million U.S dollars($7,000,000.00) which my late father (Mr.Mark N. Dick) deposited in a security and finance company here in  Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. My late father was killed by his business  partners because of this particular money  due to he was  too rich and he deals on coco produce and Iam the next of kin to this funds.
Now I have  decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reason and will continue my education over their .I will like  you to help me  claim and retrieve these funds from the bank,  due to My late father deposited in his name and I want someone that will stand as my guidian as I know nothing about business  and Iam a students in secondry school, 22 of Age, and  I will like to transfer this funds into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:
a). The Transport industry
b). Five star hotel or any other business you know that yield profit.
c). You can inest it in any business you know more about.
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund.
Awaiting your urgents  response.
Best regards,
Kingsley Dick
Please reply through this mail: kingsley_dic@yahoo.com

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