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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: yakubumussa@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:11:36 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?FROM=20MR=20YAKUBU=20MUSSA?=

FROM MR YAKUBU MUSSA
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,
BANK OF AFRICA OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA WEST AFRICA.

My Dear,

REQUEST FOR COOPERATION ON A PRIVATE BUSINESS DEAL.
Every five years BANK OF AFRICA transfer to its treasury,
millions of dollars of unclaimed Deceased Depositors Fund
in compliance with the Banking Laws and Guidelines to the
majority of cases, with reference to my bank-BANK OF FARICA, the money normally
runs into several millions of dollars.
Until Mr. Arthur Billings death, along with his wife and their two sons
in an EgyptAir Flight 990 plane crash on a festive visit from Los Angeles.

(http://www.greatdreams.com/plane990.htm)

I was his foreign currency denoted bank Account Manager
with constant balance in excess of eight digits. Ever
since his death and up till this time of writing no next
of kin or relation of his has come forward to claim his
money with us.Naturally, as long as late Arthur Billings's money remains
unclaimed, the bank remains richer in free funds with his money. However,
with me being in direct Auditing and Accounting Unit in the Foreign Remittance
Department of my bank. I have all the neccessary informations that you will
presents to the bank as a next of kin or relation of late Arthur Billings
on private business deal basis.

Now the game plan and the purpose of my writing you
exclusively having been highly recommended as then right and proper person
to handle this deal by a Management Consultant friend of mine, who has travelled
widely, including your country is that I want to pull out this unclaimed
money amounting to U.S$7.2M (seven million two hundred United
States dollars). with your cooperation and assistant by just doing the following:

(a) Provide your direct and private telephone/fax number
for effective communication.
(b) Give immediate reply to this E-mail for details on how
to proceed.

Upon receipt of your response, I will send to you the text
of Application you are required to forward to the Bank.
For your cooperation and efforts 30% of the money will be
for you as our foreign partner, while 70% will be for my
colleague and myself that will eventually visit your
country for disbursement of our portion. Send me your
reply immediately you receive this message for more
directives to my private e-mail:(ya_mussa2005@yahoo.fr)

Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business
relationship.

Regards,
Mr Yakubu Mussa.



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