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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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  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "MICHAEL SMITH" <michaelsmith_personal@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:27:55 +0000
Subject: GREETINGS

Greetings,
It is my pleasure contacting you now, as I have longed to get in touch with anybody who knew my client.I am Michael Smith, account and audit manager BANQUE COOPERATION ET FINANCIER DU TOGO.A
Togolaise citizen and his personal account officer To f foreigner who was an Oil business magnate who died along with his family on the 01 FEB 1997 in a plane crash, the aircraft name is Hawker Siddeley HS-748-353 Srs.2A.This crash happened in Tambacounda (Senegal) in Africa, and the registration number of the aircraft is6AV-AEO.
My client made a deposit of Ten Million, US.Dollars
(10 Million US Dollars) with our bank , while working as an oil company contractor in west Africa .
Since then, there had not been any trace of claim from any person as the funds remains unservicable.
Ever since I have been trying to locate the next of
kin or any of the relatives to come forward and make this claim , but to no avail.
Right now,the deposit has exceeded its deposit time and terms without being serviced and authomatically has gone into a dormant state,the bank  will either convert the funds by a top official to his private use. Right now as i can not
find the actuall relatives to my client i seek your
help in the transfar of this deposit to your
possession since you have same last name with my client ,I can not take the money myself as i am still working here with the bank and this will raise an eye brow because I am not a foreigner, but it will be easier to use a foriegner with same last name.
I  have all informations as concerning this transaction and will stand as your personal insider here providing you with the necessary information on this transaction, i asure you it is 100% risk free .I do not want the money to be forfeited or liquidated by
government or the financial institution involved, as I
expect to benefit from the money also. we will share
this money on the success of this transaction 40 -50 (40% will be for you and 50% for me, 10% will be used to reinburse any exepenses that maybe incured during the transfer .

Do consider this and get back to me asap
Thanks for your co-operation.
Sincerely,
 
Michael Smith

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