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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: "Dr.Benard Mcarthy" <banking39@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: mcarthy_benard@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 04:00:12 +0100
Subject: Letter

#1105 James Park,
johannesbourg,
South Africa.



Compliments Of The Day,

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Dr Benard Mcarthy,A Top
Management Official of one of the finance corporation in johannesbourg south
Africa.I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company
to handle an important assingment on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.As
a matter of fact, I got your information from Miss Natasha Johnson of The
International Affairs Department Of The South African Chamber Of Business.

Proposition, A German Mr. Wolfgang Schinister, 66 years of age and a prosperous
oil\Gold merchant had in our Bank the sum of $35.5million in a domiciliary
account.

Unfortunately, he was killed in the recent plane crash involving concord
AF4590 in Gonesse, France. Efforts had been made by the management of my
bank through the German Embassy in johannesburg to contact any of the deceased
children but to no avail,as we were made to understand he had no children.Given
the skeletal information available to the bank, it has so far been impossible
to reach any of the relatives. The situation left for the Management is
to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the Amount to trading
on behalf of the interest of the Bank. In order to avoid this development,
my Colleagues and I now seek
your approval to have you stand as a distant relative to Mr.Wolfgang Schinister,so
that the money would be released to you. All documents and proofs to enable
you get the money will be carefully packaged once we receive your consent
on this proposal.I shall Apply for a leave as soon as the funds gets into
your reliable account to come to your country for possible sharing and investment
opportunity which you will assist me in doing.

May I assure you that this is safe and risk-free, as we have taken care
of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free movement. I have the
authority of mypartners involved in this assignment to propose that should
you be willing to assist us in this,your share would be 25%.I have reposed
my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

Best Regards,
Dr. Benard Mcarthy.

Republic Of South Africa

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