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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.
  • polivier123@webmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: polivier123@webmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:49:33 +0200
Subject: partnership

JOINT VENTURE INVITATION

Paul Olivier
412, Trambo Ln., Fayettsburg,
Johannesburg, South Africa
EMAIL:polivier123@webmail.co.za


Dear Sir/ Madam,

As stated above, my name is Paul Olivier. I am 30 years of age, and a Stepson of the Former Kenyan President, Mr.Daniel Arap Moi.Presently? he is under severe investigation by the investigative group?Kroll? and the
Anti-graft group transparency international(TI) for financial misappropriation.Kroll and (TI) has discovered some of his money deposited in bank accounts abroad and we do not want to be part of it.

Before this investigation started? he had forced my mother to divorce him with a settlement of USD$9,000,000.00 Dollars or be thrown out of the house with nothing, my mother had no other option than to take the offer and get out of the picture.We deposited this money with a private
financial institution in United Kingdom under a special arrangement by my mother for security reasons since we have no bank account overseas.Its been seven months now.

My mother and I are interested in relocating to your country, and venturing our funds in any profitable business, and under your auspices. You are to take home a certain percentage of the gross which is open for
discussion at a later stage for all your anticipated assistance by the time the funds are successfully lodged in your nominated account overseas. But first we will need an assurance from you that we can trust you, and also we would need to move thefunds and of course ourselves out of
this place as soon as we can possibly arrange that to be.

The modalities for the eventual transfer has been carefully worked out by my mother and I. You are to participate as our foreign partner in the scheme of arrangement.My mother personally requested that I send this mail to you. If this proposal should be of interest to you, kindly signify your interest by replying through my Email address,for a more detailed insight.You are require to send me your direct line numbers and fax
numbers.

Kindest regards,
Paul Olivier

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