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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: "Mr.Abu Hashem" <hashem_002@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:59:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE URGENTLY BLOCK THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(info@biatg.com) and also block this web site (biatg.com)for me immediately


PLEASE URGENTLY BLOCK THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(info@biatg.com) and also block this web site (biatg.com)for me immediately because the owner has sacmed me thousand of dollars

*****************************************************
Attn: MR ABU HASHEM,

Dear Sir,

Look I cannot be able to process your transfer from our bank if your
new
account with us is not ready, reason being that I will use the details
of
your new account with us to process the fund transfer from BIA to your
bank in EUROPE. I have to process it using your operating account with
us
for the destination, this is how the transactions are processed.

So your account opening fund is not the BIA responsibility to arrange,
as
the next of kin to the deceased account, you are liable to provide the
account opening fund without our bank involement, also it is against
our
banking policy to issue a letter to you since we have no direct
transaction with your local bank in EUROPE.

The account opening fund will still be your fund, when the over US$5.5
Million is credited to your account, your account balance will show
addition of the two amounts (your account opening fund plus the fund in
BIA).

So it all depends on you whether you need the fund quickly or not, and
that is why I suggested for you to send the fund for your account
opening
quickly.

If you will transfer the fund today or on Monday let me know so that I
can
provide you an account details. That means we will wait for the
transfered
fund to get here in about 2 to 4 working days, and then it will take
another 1 to 3 working days before the fund from BIA will be credited
in
your account. This is to give you an idea of how long the process will
take just for your information.

I look forward to your response.

Sincerely yours,

Pete Campbell
BIA - LOME - TOGO
21/12/2007



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