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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: "David Mackintosh." <davidmackintosh_n@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:52:18 -1200
Subject: ATTENTION!!! study very well

Attention:

I am David Mackintosh, Executive Vice President Exploration,
of Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited.

Gulf Keystone is a UK (AIM) listed oil and gas, exploration
and Production Company whose focus is in North Africa and
the Middle East. We undertook the rebuilding of the
Akri-Bijeel oil Block and some other oil blocks in Iraq.

http://www.gulfoilandgas.com/webpro1/MAIN/Mainnews.asp?id=4956


As the Executive Vice President, I over see the signing of
the oil deal in Iraq, in which I used the name of my friend
Engr. Ali Al-Niaimi Hamada as the contractor, who died later
on, now am having difficulties regaining my fund deposited
in the bank due to my position in my firm (Gulf Keystone
Petroleum Limited.)

The amount worth Sixteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand
British Pounds (₤16.7m GBP) and right now I stand the
risk of loosing the money; I need you to present your self
as the contractor who executed the contract so that the fund
will be released in your favor in your personal account.

All I want you to do is have claim over the fund, I will
provide you with the entire legal document required to have
the fund release to you. But here are the terms of this deal
1: I will provide the entire legal document to show the you
are executor of the contract/contractor.
2: I will provide you with the deposit certificate which was
used to deposit the money.
3:10% of the fund will be used to settle all the expenses
uncured
4: I will take 60% of the entire fund
5: 30% of the fund will be yours

Lastly your interest is granteed as am determined to get
this fund. If your interested in the deal kindly get back to
me trough e-mail , I will be glad to hear from you soon
cause if we have this fund released we are going to have a
better life and may establish our personal oil Exploration
firm.

David Mackintosh.

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