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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • geo_pedro101@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "George Pedro"<geo_pedro101@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 07:51:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: This Can Change Our Life.


Attn My Dear BUSINESS PROPOSAL URGENT REPLY I am George Pedro, I hereby solicit for your urgentassistance for the purchase of some landed properties inyour country;I just got your contact through one of myassociates an indigene of your country during our politicalcampaign last year 2006.Basically,my enqury is to know ifyou can be of significant improtance to me by locating anice landed property for purchase in your country.I have theintention to use this money either to start importation ofheavy duties machines, food items electrical parts or anymoveable items through your directives from your country. I am representing our political party here in Republic ofGhana(NPP)National Patrotic Party.We are the leading partyin the present government,therefore, since you can assure meof this little request, then i will give you details on howto proceed.This is my personal deal, our code of conduct andcivil rigth service rules as enshrine in our
1999constitution does not allow ny government officials to havepropert outside the country,also we have no authority tooperate foreign account.For this reques, i want you to standas my foreign Technical patner to claim the total amount of(Twenty five million dollars),which was recovered from topmilitary officers in the past governments. Therefore,i will protect our interest and to secure everyvalid document covering the total amount from (National DrugEnforcement Agency)to serve as a proof to whom ever it mayconcern that the money does not made either from moneylaundary, hard drugs, Terrorist.Please if you can help mesecure this fund without any discrepancyor misconduct.I willentrust into your care all the relevantdocuments,but i willlike to have a proper agreement with you prior to finalizingwith both parties. Please note as a matter of priority,this information werenot disclosed to my associates with regards to the issueproposed to you herein.Secondly,you will be required
toarrive here to claim the fund.But if you can not be able tocome here then we can look for alternative to move the moneyfrom here to your country for quick investments, since youcan provide your identity to proof that you will not madeaway with the money after it might been delivered in yourcountry.I look forward to hear from you.Reply to:geo_pedro101@yahoo.com God be with you Mr.George Pedro.

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