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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: john001 <johnowen2004@indiatimes.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:01:06 -0400
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE!!!



DR.JOHN OWEN
commmonwealth Bank of Australia,
18 Bank Place Melbourne,
Australia,
REPLY TO EMAIL:johnowen2004@walla.com

Dear Respected friend,

This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for
your unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring
maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure you
that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing you will
need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately answered to give you
a clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.

My name is DR. JOHN OWEN , Head of Securities,Commonwealth Bank of
Australia,Melbourne. On December 6, 2001, a foreign consultant/contractor
with the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, Mr. David Sidney Jocelyn-Duffield, made a
numbered time (fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$30,000,000.00,
(Thirty Million United States Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I
sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, I sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Cadbury Kenya Ltd, that Mr.Jocelyn-Duffield died from an
automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.
Jocelyn-Duffield did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in our Bank. I have
carefully moved out these funds (US$30million) from our bank as sundry funds
to an offshore Deposit Company in the
European Union.

>From past experiences, I know that no one will ever come forward to claim
the deceased funds. According to Australian Law, at the expiration of 5
(five) years,the funds will be Unclaimable and revert to theownership of the
Australia Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. In order to avert
this negative development, I in conjunction with a colleague (the Chief
Operating Officer in the bank) now seek your permission to allow my attorney
do a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of stated funds from the
"deceased" to your name, so that the funds (US$30million)
would be released to you as the new owner (on behalf of me and my
colleague).

We are writing you because, as public servants, we cannot operate a
foreign account or have an account that is more than 160,000:00.
Consequently, I will present you as the owner of the funds in the Deposit
Company so you can be able to claim them. This is simple. I will like you to
provide immediately;

1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers

Once I receive these information, I will prepare the necessary
documents which will put you in place as the new owner of the funds. The
money will then be released to your custody by the Deposit Company, for us
to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30% for you. There is no risk at all
as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the solicitor and
this will guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you
are interested, please reply immediately via my email address.

No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please we imploy you to
observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this transaction would
be most profitable for both of us because we shall require your assistance
to invest our share in your country (buying of properties like real estate
etc). This is why your urgent action and response is of priority to enable
us conclude this transaction in a timely and professional manner.

I await your swift response please through my alternative/private
email:johnowen2004@walla.com signifying your decision.
Thanks for anticipated co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,

DR JOHN OWEN.
PLEASE REPLY VIA EMAIL:johnowen2004@walla.com



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