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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: "Hassan Mariam" <francisrusso1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hassanmariam702@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:16:52 +0800
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE

Dear Sir/Ma,

For Your Kind Attention,
Please this business proposal is strictly confidential, with due respect Sorry at this perceived confusion or stress you may have receiving this letter, since we do not know or meet ourselves previously. Despite that reason, please save me from this situation as I hope that this letter will not constitute an embarrassment to you. I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here and with this, let me introduce myself.

I am HASSAN MARIAM,Am from Zimbabwe but i study here in Malaysia at INSTITUT PIRAMID [No.80 1\8.02,Jalan SS 15\4D,Subang Jaya 47600 Selangor.My father is from Zimbabwe and he send me here in Malaysia to study and also help him in our family business do to he is getting old in age now so he cannot follow up with the business anymore.My dear,our family business is THARMACYNE X.P.1000 for Cow Mouth disease.

My country Zimbabwe is the most riches country in Africa for farm settlement so we have a lot of cows and other animals.There is one vertinary doctor by name MR STAN from England but he works in my country Zimbabwe as a vertinary doctor for over 30years.MR STAN is the one who introduced my father to this business so my father always visit Malaysia to buy this product and hence he get this product,he will inform MR STAN to come and buy this product immediately so this is how my father and MR STAN is progressing in this business every month.

Like i told you before,my father is getting old so for that reason he will not come to Malaysia again.That is why my father send me here in Malaysia to study and also take care of our business because am the only child.Because am not a citizen in Malaysia,the company my father used to buy this product don't want to sell this product to me again because of my age.Now i introduced a chinese man by name MR CHIN into this business and he always earn 235.000.00RINNGIT[Two hundred and thirty five thousand rinnget] for each trip every month MR STAN comes Malaysia.But MR CHIN always gives me 5.000.00 RINNGIT [Five thousand rinngit] so he is cheating me alot and i have told MR STAN to stop coming Malaysia for the business.Now am looking for a good muslim brother or sister like me to do this business with me or you can write me via email in this box.Once you contact me,i will urgently comes to see you as soon as possible.Please do contact me if it p!
leases you in this business.May Allah bless you and your family.

Yours Faithfully


HASSAN MARIAM,

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