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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: "Medicine Sans Frontieres Charity Organization"
<medicinesansfrontieres_charity@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 17:05:45 +0000
Subject: Sense titol

Good Day,

I am writing you in respect of the GLOBAL relief agency Medecins
Sans Frontieres Charity Organization reimbursement donors campaign
worldwide.

The Organization is refunding back to donors their money out of
the surplus 83 million euros they want to return to all donors who
refused the Charity's offer to redirect their donations to lower
profile cases like Sudan or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Please check the web link below for more information:
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15250454%255E1702,00.html

I am soliciting for your kind co-operation, to act as one of those
that have donated funds to this charity organization and would want
his/her fund return back to him/her so that part of this surplus 83
million euros will be reimbursed to you for us to share and the reimbursed
fee to apply for is 3.5million Euros.

Upon your acceptance, reply me through my personal mailbox:
(robert_o_anderson@accountant.com) for details. And I will send you backing
documents issued to those who donated to victims of tsunami through MSF to
enable the Organization reimbursed you with part of these surplus funds they
are returning. In regards to your agreement with
me, I will inform you on your percentage for your assistance.


Best Regards,

Robert Oliver Anderson
Account Officer,
Medicines Sans Frontieres Charity Home.

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