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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: "Verena Eberhard" <venahard@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:13:56 +0000
Subject: Urgent Mutual Relationship

Hello,
Kindly take your time to study this proposal and if your are interested ,
do not hesitate to contact me either by email for more detail.However,strict
confidentiality should be accorded to this transaction for betterment of
both parties.
My Name is Mrs Verana Ebehard, I work as a Funds Manager with Fidelity
Investment UK, the World Leading Investment and Funds Management Company
that has over $1.3 Trillion as Capital Investment Funds. We have more than
10,000 Investors all over the world whose funds are been managed and
administered by Fidelity Investment Funds Managers.
PROPOSAL: I have an Investor (now deceased). He was a top Government Serving
Official and has held several Ministerial Post in his country. This
Investor died three years ago after a brief illness in the USA.Until his
death, he has a Capital Investment under my Portfolio totaling
$34,700,000.00 (Thirty Four Million,seven hundred thousand US Dollar) and
this investment was made using a Company,s name registered in England to
avoid his Government knowing about such an Investment with
Fidelity.Furthermore, his Capital Investment attract an interest rate of 10%
of the total capital investment funds per annum.
Finally, base on my concluded fact finding, I was made to understand that
the family of the Investor are not aware of such an Investment with us and
have no documents that will empower them to come for the claims of the
Capital Investment Funds. On this note, I have decided to solicit for a
trustworthy person who will not betray my trust to have these funds claimed
with its accrued interest rates of the Investment made 7 years ago by the
deceased Investor. Looking forward to hearing from you shortly.
Sincerely.
Mrs Verena Eberhard
www.fidelity.co.uk

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