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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: "oliver dickson" <oliverdickson62@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:47:46 +0200
Subject: ROUGH DIAMONDS ON SALE

                           Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. Oliver Dickson and a citizen of South Africa. I currently
residE in Cape Town, South Africa.
I am sending this mail to you because I have a business proposal in
which I
believe you could assist me market. I am a middleman liaising between
buyers
and sellers of precious stones in the black market.

To be more specific, I’m talking about uncut  rough diamonds
from Angola and Congo, wish I believe that in your
country we can do a lot with them. I have some quantity of rough
diamonds
which I am searching for interested buyers or may be you can be able to
assist me in locating interested buyers.trading in diamonds

Please contact me as soon as possible to see how best we can establish
a
reliable link to deal with the precious gem stones. You are not obliged
to
put any money upfront in this deal because it is cash on delivery. I
assure
you that I will supply the gem stones if you are interested in dealing
on
rough diamonds.

However, if you are not a dealer in diamonds but know anybody
interested in
buying rough diamonds or the right market, you may link me and on
completion
of the deal you will be entitled to a commission from any quantity
sold.

Best regards

Mr. OLIVER DICKSON

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