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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: "fentu_williams@spymac.com" <vananthony@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: Dear@joewein.net, Sir/Madam@joewein.net
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:25:33 -0800
Subject:

Dear Sir/Madam

I am the confidant of the Ex-President of the Ecuador (President Lucio
Gutierrez) who was recently removed from power and presently granted
political asylum in Brazil with strict instruction not to leave Brazil.
You can see link below:

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4467389.stm>
<http://p107.news.scd.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050425/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_gutierrez/nc:734>
<http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1986290&PageNum=0>

He has secretly informed me to seek for a genuine and kind hearted
Person who will be able to claim and invest the sum of $43.5Million United
States Dollars which he had secretly deposited with a private financial
Organization in Europe before the incident that resulted in his fleeing
For asylum. The new Government is trying all efforts to seize all funds
That belongs to the former President Lucio Gutierrez. Your assistance in
Now needed to lay claim to this funds since it was deposited in the
Name of a "Foreign Partner" Fictitious. I personally will not be able to
Handle such transaction now since I am still a serving officer in the
Country's army but as a confidant of the former President Lucio
Gutierrez, I am ready to help him seek for help.

I request that you provide me with your full names, contact address,
occupation telephone and fax numbers and once this information is
received I will provide you with the necessary and relevant documents that
will put you in place as the original owner of the money. Mr. Lucio has
already instructed that 85% of this money will be for him while the
remaining 15% will be for you and I can assure that the transaction is risk
free. Upon your response, I will introduce you to an attorney who will
provide you with guidelines and assistance too. For now I will suggest
that all correspondence should be via Email for purely security reasons
and no doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive.

Please, I employ you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because we shall require your assistance to invest our share in your
country.

Your timely response will be awaited via Email:
vananthony@myway-email.com

Regards,

Anthony Bryan

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