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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: "PAUL RICHARD"<mwvindeo@mweb.co.za>
Reply-To: <paulrichard02@aim.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 19:22:49 -0800
Subject: AM GLAD I FOUND YOU

BARR.PAUL RICHARD (esq)
Terry waya Chambers
409 Nortonburg,
Accra,Ghana-West Africa.
Reply to:paulrichard02@aim.com


Attn:,

Compliments of the day to you.I must solicit your confidentiality and
assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal
will be of mutual benefit.

I am Barr.PAUL (Esq.), a legal practitioner. My client who was a
member board of trustees SPDC London was killed with his entire
family in a fatal accident,sparing none of their lives, some years ago. Before his
death, I assisted him in the deposit of some funds with a Security
Company for safekeeping.The funds have remained unclaimed since his
death, and such unclaimed funds are appropriated and returned to the
treasury as a matter of policy. Considering the lack of success in my
bid to locate any of his relatives for over a year now, I hereby solicit your
consent to enable me present you as the Next of Kin to my deceased
client.

I am contacting you for two reasons. Firstly, you both have the same
last name, which makes the claim most credible. Secondly, I strongly
believe that the Security Company does not deserve to inherit the
funds,

These reasons led to my resolve to claim the funds which was why I
contacted you,With your permission, I will proceed to establish you as
the next of kin/Beneficiary to my late client. As soon as this is done,
you
will then give instructions to the Security Company, to transfer the
deposited funds into another account you will provide, after which we
shall then share the funds upon agreed terms.

Finally, I demand that you keep this transaction confidential till we
complete the deal and also confirm that the funds have been
transferred
into any nominated bank account of ours. I would want you to furnish
me with the following informations which will assist me in this
claim,

1,FULL NAME

2,CONTACT ADDRESS

3,TELEPHONE AND FAX

4,OCCUPATION.

These information will assist me to secure the necessary papers in your
name When I receive your response, I will provide you with further
details.

I await your reply,

BARR.PAUL RICHARD {Esq.}.
Accra, Ghana-West Africa.
Reply to:paulrichard03@aim.com

,
barrister paul chambers paul

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