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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: sellon kojo <sellonkojo@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: sellonkojo1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 15:15:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Private For You


Dear Friend,

Please pardon me if you are offended upon receiving this proposal since we have no formal contact.

My name is Sellon Kojo and I was the Personal assistance to late Gnassingbe Eyadema, former president of Togo who passed away after a brief illness in few months ago. During my service to him and my country, I was loyal and I went on almost every foreign trip he made to deposit or invest Money outside country,Togo.

Shortly before his death in the first week of February, we made a trip to Switzerland on the last week of January and on our way, we stopped in spain, where we deposited a cash of US$21.7 million dollars. Fortunately for me this is one of the very few trips I made without the company of his 3rd son Faure Gnassingbe the then interior Minister, now President of Togo.

I will like you to go to spain where the institution in custody of this fund has a bank and collect this fund either in cash or in check and pay into your account. Where I sincerely believe it will be safe with you until I am able to be with you in your country where I intent to settle down with my family and invest. I am willing to share it 70% for me and 30% for you if you will be Honest with me.

I pray you to take this up immediately. Once you respond to the affirmative, I will go ahead and prepare the necessary documentation for you to claim the fund and deposit it in your account. You have nothing to worry about because the original documents of this fund are with me so it will be easy for you to acquire the fund.

Please reply urgently as a matter of confidentiality

I await your positive response soonest.

Sellon Kojo



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