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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: "John Moore" <john_moore01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnmoore@box.az
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:01:34 -0500
Subject: PLS. READ AND GET BACK TO ME.

Dear friend,

Greetings!!!

I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moralethics. But
please treat with absolute secrecy and personal. Iam an employee of a
commercial bank here in England and an Account Officer to a deceased
customer before I was promoted to the post of Director of Auditing January
this year. We lost this customer and his family in an auto crash here in
England some years back and his account of US$16,000,000.00 (Sixteen Million
U.S Dollars) with us has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of
a next of kin/relatives to claim his estate.

In accordance with the escheat laws of England, the Board Of Directors of
the Bank met a forth night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the
deceased over to the Government having waited for too long without the
deceased relatives/next of kin surfacing and if this is done, invariably the
funds will end up to become Government property if no one come for the claim
of the fund till 25th of December 2005 and it is as a result of this that I
am moved to contact you considering the fact that you are a foreigner just
like our Late Customer.

In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to
stand as the deceased next of kin while I will be on the background to give
you all the necessary information that will enable us claim the inheritance
before the time period given by the Bank Authorities elapse. If you are
interested and in agreement with me, for me to update you on how to proceed.


Be rest assured that it is a risk free project and the proceedings will be
shared 50% each once the funds are repatriated into your account either
there in your Country Or elsewhere.

Thanks as I wait for your prompt response.

Regards,
John Moore

( Director of Auditing)

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