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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: "SMITH MORRIS" <smith_morris2008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smith_morris2006@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:06:13 +0000
Subject: THANKS

Smith Morris & Associate,
Phone nos: +44 7704777506

Hello,

I am Smith morris an attorney to German Property Magnant Andreas Schranner a
deceased immigrant. who was based in the U.K and had some of his valuable
assets, also referred to as my client. On the 25th of July 2000, my client,
his wife and their two children died in the air france concord plane crash
bound for New York in their plan for a world cruises.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since then i have been managing his properties in the U.K and some which he
put for sale, which i monitored the payment as his attorney, has been bought
and paid for.
Now the money paid was deposited into his local account in the U.K.
I have been contacted by his bank to provide his beneficiary to his account
(my client) because since then the account has been domaint or have the
account confiscated by the bank.

I am contacting you for you to assit me in repatriating the money
left by my client in the bank because the bank has issued me three weeks to
provide a beneficiary or have the money declared unserviceable( confiscated
within the said short time). My client has an account valued at Thirty one
million one hundred thousand pounds (31.1M POUNDS).

Since i have been unsuccessful in locating his relatives foer some
time now and with the bank giving me deadline, i now seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of his
account valued at THIRTY ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS can be paid
to you and then you and i can share the money 40% for you and 60% for me. I
have all necessary information that can be used to back any claim we might
make. i will forward to you all vital documents relating to our claim.

All what i need from you is your honest co-operation to enable us
seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Trust me, as his attorney; this is a risk free business relationship.
kindly furnish me with your phone and fax number.

Best regards,

Smith Morris.

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