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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: KOFFI JOHN <koffijohn1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:20:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Your reply is needed please


MR. JOHN KOFFI
PERSONAL STEWARD
TO THE LATE PRESIDENT
ENYASIGBE EYADEMA
TOGO WEST AFRICA.

Dear friend,

I am mr. John Koffi, an in-law and personal steward to the late president Enyasigbe Eyedema of republic of Togo who died on the 5th day of February, 2005.

I have regard and great respect to your name and your capabilities. This is in respect to your information’s I got through my reliable friend, that you will be able to handle this deal trustfully and faithfully.

After the broke out of the news that president Eyadema is dead, there arose conflict within the family for the president had many wives, among them is my sister. Most of the president’s wealth were insured and were registered in his will and there are some that were over looked by the president.

Those ones were unregistered including some money that was found in his room but I profited my stewardship coupled with my closeness to the family as an in-law. I secretly made away with a save box which contained some sum of money equivalent to 30.000.000.00 million United States of America Dollars.( Thirty Million United States Of America Dollars only).

I planned to deposit this money in a bank but I feared that the bank may query me of the legality and legitimacy of the money which may lead to probing or frozen of my account. I therefore deposited the money in a security company. Now I need a foreigner in a foreign nation in whose account I will transfer this money to as the owner of this money. Then I will come over to your country for the disbursement of the money.

If you can act faithfully to the successfulness of this deal, you will have 30% of the total sum but in case if you commit any money in the process of this deal, those expenses will be deducted before the disbursement.

You know that the successfulness of this deal will only be achieved if we can have trust and be faithful to ourselves. We can achieve this within seven working days. I will be glad to hear from you as soon as possible for I want this deal to be accomplish very soon that I may flee from the present political crises at stake in the country.

Thanks.

Yours faithfully
John Koffi

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