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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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• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "john koffi" <eng.john_koffi@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:29:28 -0600
Subject: GOODDAY TO YOU.

Goodday to you ,

How are you and hope this mail meet you well. my name is ENG.JOHN KOFFI, am
a citizen of Ghana in west African, Am a civil enginneer by profession.
I want to relocate and invest in your country, be that as it may bank to
bank tranfer of my fund will attract alot of unecesary espenditure and
inconvinences. so i thuoght it very wise to contact you ,so as to help me
receive the funds for me through western union.

I am presently in Togo but at the border of Ghana.
I will be at the W.U office to start sending the money soonest but first.
If you are in terms with this i wuold want you to send me your

1: full name
2:scannend copy of your international passport or drivers lisence
3:telephone number
4:complete contact address.

so that I can send the money to you and I also need about five names from
you, to enable me send the money to you bit by bit through money gram and
western union .I will send 8000 usd to each name through M.G AND W.U and
will send the information to you via email and as soon as you
cash the funds please mail back immediately.

The money is 6 million usd and I will send about 100,000usd to your names by
money gram and western union before I will make transfer of the other funds
after i have confirm your genuity and sincerity.
Please when you cash the first fund, firstly open an account so that if the
transfer has being effected and we need funds you can withdraw from the
account you open.

Do contact me with the names immediately so that I can start sending the
money to you soonest .

Awaiting to swift responed from you .

Best Regards,
ENG.JOHN KOFFI.

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