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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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  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "micheal bouzit" <michealbouzit@latinmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:04:33 +0100 (CET)
Subject: cooperation from Mr.Micheal Boutzit.


Dear friend,

I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Mr.Micheal Boutzit from G=
abon the son of late Mr.M'Bouy-Boutzit, the Head of Delegation to the W=
orld Bank in Gabon. My father was the linkman between the Organization =
For Petroleum Exporting Countries - OPEC and the petroleum sector in a =
Gabon. He also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva.

My father was able to make USD$10.2million through the sale of allocate=
d oil quota in OPEC, which is currently deposited in a vault company he=
re in Togo where I am presently furthering my education. I want you to =
assist me to claim this money as i cannot claim it directly because I a=
m still a student, and would not want any one to raise eye brows as a r=
esult of the sum involved.=20

It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance, If you wil=
l be interested, claim documents will been processed and sent to you. T=
he documents with which the fund is been deposited will be changed to r=
eflect you as the new beneficiary so that you will be eligible to colle=
ct the fund on my behalf.

I will give you 30% of the fund for this assistance. I am aware of the =
international monitoring of all large-scale financial movements after t=
he September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any sta=
te of financial investigation, I will provide a classified clearance pa=
per from the relevant body which will exonerate the money from either d=
rug, money laundered or terrorist related proceeds.

I want to assure you that there is no risk attached in this transaction=
You should also provide me with your private telephone and fax number=
s for easier communication.=20
I wait for your immediate reponse.

Kind regards,

Mr.Micheal Boutzit.




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