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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: Ahmad Mansoor <ahmadmansoor@steadyspeedphotos.com>
Reply-To: Ahmad Mansoor <ahmad_mansoor@live.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:52:53 -0400
Subject: Please reply soon.



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Principal Contact:Mr.Ahmad Mansoor
Country: Malaysia
Occupation:Accountant
Experience:Over 15 Years

Date: 17th September,2008.


Dear Sir/madam,


Compliment of the seasons. I duly apologies for infringing on your
privacy,if this contact is not acceptable to you as I make this proposal to
you as a person of integrity.

I am Mr.Ahmad Mansoor a Malaysian citizen and I am 54years of age,I work
with a reputable Bank here in Malaysia,which is an affiliate bank of Union
Bank London,and most reputable banks in Asia as well.I am the Personal
accounting officer to Mr. Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican former
Chairman/Director of Petroliam Nasional Berhad , PETRONAS GAS BHD'S
Malaysian only leading oil and gas company who resigned some years back,you
can view the link here for more
understanding(malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20080815/tbs-hassan-petroanasgas-ceeeaba.html)
who wants to tranfer funds he got as a result of a kick back from a project
he executed with a Foreign firm(Importation of crude oil) on behalf of the
government and he does not want the authorities here to know that he was
involved in such project because he still occupies a very sensitive office
as a top government official here in Malaysia, I decided to contact you on
this matter to solicit your assistance for the
easy transfer of the funds since he has resigned as the chairman/Director
of PETRONAS GAS BHD'S .



The project which resulted to the sum of Eighteen million one hundred pounds
strling(18.1pounds)is Lying in the Account of Mrs.Farah Hassan Marican here
in my bank in Malysia,and he has given me the authority to seek for a
foreign partner to help pullout/transfer this funds,as such I have decided
to get in touch with you so that we can work this out and get the funds
transfered to an account you will nominate anywhere in the world.First,I
want you to open an account with my Bank so that I can credit this amount
to you,before transfering the funds to an account you will nominate any
where in the world,I am ready to offer you a free negotiable compensation of
the total funds for your efforts.So I'll like you to consider this an
oppurtunity and I hope this will lead us upon fruition into doing more
business together.



NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free.If you are interested in this
transaction please fill the form below and return back to me to enable me
open an account on your behalf,for more information about my client you can
search more on the internet without wasting time.



The name of my bank and all relevant informations will be given to you, when
you contact me on my private telephone number above.Please get back to me on
my confidential email addres : ahmad_mansoor@live.com

I await your response.

Yours sincerely,
Mr.Ahmad Mansoor.




PERSONAL DATA
FULL NAMES:________________________________________
GENDER____________________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH:_____________________________________
NATIONALITY: _______________________________________
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: ___________________________
MARITAL STATUS: __________________________________
HOME ADDRESS:____________________________________
OFFICE ADDRESS:___________________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________________________
FAX NUMBER:________________________________________
OCCUPATION:________________________________________
POSITION HELD:______________________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________________
ACCOUNT TYPE:_____________________________________

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