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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: "Kufre Boateng" <deputytundelemo002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: deputytundelemo01@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:10:54 +0000
Subject: From Mrs. Kufre Boateng

>From Mrs. Kufre Boateng,

Methodis Road cotonou,
Refugee camp,
Cotnou Benin Republic.

Dear Friend,

I pray God this message reaches you in wonderful spirit.I am making
this contact with you based on trust and confidence irrespective of the fact
that we have not met before and because of the nature of the situation I
found myself. I am Mrs. Kufre Boateng, from Angola.l got your contact
from www. and coupled with the information i gathered about you from the
external trade and education archive department of my country's chamber of
commerce and industry wedsite.

There is an information I would like you to keep very confidential.
There is sum amount of money my late Husband {former UNITA Rebel leader}
General
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi deposited in a suspence account with a finance
company for safe keeping few months before he was assasinated by the
Angolan Millitary force.The squable happened as over the
issue of mineral and allocation resource of diamond using his power and
influence to smuggled diamond to the neighbouring countries in exchange for
money
and other valuable assets. Presently, I am staying in one of the refugee
camps outside Angola just to save my life,with my daughter.
The money in question is $5.500,0000.00 Milllion U.S.Dollars.

I can't make the withdrawal of this fund,because my husband registered
the beneficiary of the fund as his (Foriegn Bussiness Partner).What I would
want you to do, is
to assist me to get the funds withdrawn from the finance company, have the
same transfered to your country in your name and thereafter share the funds
by giving you 15% of the total sum as commission. Please there is no risk in
this transaction. I will use the remain balance of the money for an
investiment in your country for the future of my daughter. If you are
intrested, and can maintain the very confidentiality of this transaction,you
e-mail me immediately for more clearification.
The Angola government through it's various agents has confisticated all
my late husband known properties since his death
.You can find how and when my husband was killed in the BBC news achives in
the following news story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1839252.stm
It was widely reported in the international news media

Thank you as I awaiting your urgent reply.
Thank you and God bless.
Mrs. Kufre Boateng.

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