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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: barrister Anthony Bridge <barr_anthbridge@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 01:26:59 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BE SERIOUS AND READ THIS URGENT.


From: Barrister Anthony Bridge
CARRE-168-BOCOSSI-TOKA
MISSEBO MARKET
COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
WEST AFRICA
E-MAIL :barr_anthbridge@yahoo.com

Attn Beloveth,

I am a Solicitor. I am Barrister Anthony Bridge the Personal Attorney & quo to Mr.W.A Georgeo a national of your country, who used to work with Chrome Oil Development Company in SEME as an Expatriate Engineer. On the 26th December2003,my client,his wife and their three children were involved in a plane crash. Unfortunately, they all lost their t lives through the accident You can view this website http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Since then,I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client & #39;s extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence, I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money left behind by my client in a Security Company in Europe whether you are directly, indirectly or not at all related to him.
Particularly, the Security Company where the deceased deposited the two trunk boxes containing $10M (Ten Million United States Dollars Only) does not know the content of the two trunk boxes deposited with them. Consequently, the Security Company issued me a notice to provide the Next-of-Kin to claim the two trunk boxes in their custody within the next ten official working days or they will stash up the fund. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased to claim the two trunk boxes since you are from the same country and bear the same surname, so that the two trunk boxes can be delivered to you by the security company. Upon receipt of the two trunk boxes, I will come over to your country to meet with you for the disbursment of the fund, and then you and me can share the money: 65% to me and 30% to you 5% to defray any outstanding expenses. I have all necessary legal docum!
ents that
can back up any claim we may make with the Security Company. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through the above e-mail address only
E-mail=barr_anthbridge@yahoo.com

Best regards
Barrister Anthony Bridge.






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