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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: "Andrew Kim" <fwz1122@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: andrewkim111@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:03:33 +0000
Subject: MY WILL FOR CHARITY/EXCUSE YOUR ATTENTION...


Dear friend,

As you read this, I do not want you to feel over-sorry for me, because I
believe is natural that everyone will die someday,we only pray that we spend
our enternity in heaven and not hell. My name is Andrew Kim a merchant from
#2845 San Gabriel Street, Texas 78705 USA.

I have been quite unfortunate to be diagnosed of esophageal cancer and have
been in the hospital for a very long time. It has defied all forms of
medical treatment, and right now I have about few months to live, according
to medical experts, so I was flown abroad for more medical experts to
examine my health ,my survival ability and measures of which I could be
place on to at least live longer. I am regreting my situation now because I
have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for
anyone, except my business and wealth. Though I am rich,I was never
generous.But now I have regreted all this as I know now that there is more
to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world and
leave the best life.I lost my family due to my negligent on them.I believe
when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life
a different way from how I lived in this generation.

Now that this sickness is making me almost liveless, I have willed and
shared most of my properties but still i have no peace in my heart.I want
God to be merciful to me and accept my soul, so I have decided to give alms
to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I
do on earth incase I die. So far, I have distributed money to some charity
organizations in Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has been
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.I once asked a close
person of mine to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I
have there to charity organization ,She refused and kept the money to
herself taking advantage to enriching herself. Inview of this, I do not
trust them anymore,as they are not following up my instruction .

Involving the last of my deposit which no one knows of this, the huge cash
deposit of nine million united states dollars ($9,000.000) that I have with
a finance and trust firm in united Kigdom. I would seek your attention to
help me claim/receive this deposit on my behalf and distribute the money to
charity otherwise set up a charity work in your country but under my name
[ANDREW KIM CHARITY] and use the money on charity.I have resolved that if
you can handle this as my offshore co-ordinator of this charity work,then
you should be entitle to 10% of the total funds while you put 90% into
charity work . "ANDREW KIM CHARITY".

EXPENDITURES:-
Note, any expenses associated to this, on the legal process I will advise
you how to handle it and I will send my credit card details to you to charge
for such expenses.

Please reply this email as soon as possible even if you are not capable to
handle this work on my behalf just let me know.My regards and Love to you,
and i want you to equally love others because now i have realise that the
only way to salvation is by sh owing kindness love and care to humanity and
it is my believe that those that will benefit from this my project will do
pray for me and i might survive this ailment

I wait your quick reply,
Thanks,
Andrew Kim



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