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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_bewy@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:47:24 +0100
Subject: Please read carefully

ATTN:

I am Barr.David Bewy, solicitor and notary public, the personal attorney
to Mr. Mark Ranicar, the president Diamond Safaries co. Ltd. Accra-Ghana
Who is a national of your country.On the 21st of April 2002, my client,
his wife and their only son were involved in a car accident along Accra
/ Kumasi express road.Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event
of the accident, since then i have made several enquiries to locate any
of my clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence
I contacted you.I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the security company where my client lodge these huge deposits.Particularly,
the security company where the deceased had an account valued at about U.S$20million
U.S dollars. Consequently, the security company issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.Since
I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years now,I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
you share the same surname so that the proceeds of the account valued at
U.S$20 million can be paid to you for both of us to share the funds; 70%
to me and 25% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government
may require. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup
the claim.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get
in touch with me through my e-mail to enable us discuss further.

Thanks for your kind co-operation

Barr David Bewy.



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