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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: "Mrs. Stacey (Faisal bin Turki)" <stacey_faisal@mail2world.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stacey_faisal@mail.az
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:42:24 +0400
Subject: TRADE ENQUIRY

Sir,

I was privileged to come across your contact through my personal
check with the Asian-Japan Investment Trade Exhibition portal
and I decided that I should establish a communication with you
to acquiring some information on lucrative investment or trade
establishment in your country.

Be it as it may, I will appreciate if you can be of good
assistance to me as I am willing to invest heavily in the Asian
trade or production sector provided I will have a good partner
or investor as well fund manager who will guild on this business
framework and as thus, share with me the dividend in any venture
which we have considered lucrative to invest in.

I have not managed any business before but have always dreamt
of running my own establishment hence my desire to recapitalize
in the Asian trade market.

Basically, I am married to a royal family here in Saudi Arabia
but at the moment undergoing a divorce case with my husband
through the sharia court and hopefully will get this matter
over within a couple of weeks and that is why I want to calve a
niche for myself to be able to continue with my life and make my
life meaningful when I leave my husband’s family.

Finally, I shall make my strategies/logistics known to you upon
your response and acceptance to work with me in my desired
investment and trade deal within the Asian region.

Regards

Mrs. Stacey (Faisal bin Turki)

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