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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: charles_brown0000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:06:31 +0100
Subject: Tsunami Tragedy...My Reason of Contacting you


ATTENTION PLEASE! STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL!
GREETING,
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I GUESS MY LETTER WILL NOT EMBARRASS YOU, SINCE I
HAVE
NO PREVIOUS CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU. STRONGLY BELIEVED, I WOULD NOT REGRET

APPROACHING YOU IN THIS MATTER. I AM MR.CHARLES BROWN,A SOLICITOR AT LAW
AND
THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO LATE MR. FRANCIS FICHELLE, A FRENCH NATIONAL. LATE

MR.FRANCIS FICHELLE IS A PRIVATE OIL CONSULTANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE SHELL

PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT IN SAUDI ARABIA, HEREIN AFTER SHALL BE REFERRED TO
AS
MY CLIENT.

I HAVE A VERY URGENT AND MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP TO PROPOSE TO YOU.
ON
SUNDAY 26 DECEMBER 2004, AT ABOUT 0100 GMT, AN 8.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

OCCURS ON THE SEAFLOOR NEAR ACEH IN NORTHERN INDONESIA. THIS EARTHQUAKE

GENERATED A HUGE TSUNAMIWAVE, HITTING THE COASTS OF INDONESIA,
MALAYSIA,THAILAND, MYANMAR,INDIA, SRI LANKA,MALDIVES AND EVEN SOMALIA.
UNFORTUNATELY,MY CLIENT AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN LOST THEIR

LIVES IN THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THAT HIT MANY

PART OF ASIA AND EAST AFRICA.

SINCE THEN, I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES WITH HIS COUNTRY?S EMBASSIES TO

LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENTS EXTENDED RELATIVES, THIS HAS ALSO PROVED
UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, I DECIDED TO
PERSONALLY CONTACT YOU WITH THIS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL. I HAVE
CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST IN REPATRIATING A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY LEFT BEHIND

BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY GET CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE

FINANCE AND SECURITY COMPANY WHERE THESE HUGE DEPOSIT WAS LODGED. THE
DECEASED HAD A DEPOSIT VALUED PRESENTLY A $12,000,000.00 MILLION US
DOLLARSTWELVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) AND COMPANY HAS ISSUED ME A

NOTICE TO PROVIDE HIS NEXT OF KIN OR BENEFICIARY BY WILLOTHERWISE HAVE THE

ACCOUNT CONFISCATED WITHIN THE NEXT NINETY WORKING DAYS.
HAVING BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING ANY OF MY LATE CLIENT RELATIVES FOR
ONE
(1) MONTH NOW. I AM NOW SEEKING YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT
OF
KIN/BENEFICIARY TO THE DECEASED SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED

AT $ 12 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU. IT IS NOT
NECESSARY TO BE A BLOOD RELATION TO LATE MR. FRANCIS FICHELLE, NEITHER IS
IT
NECESSARY TO BEAR THE SAME SURNAME WITH HIM. IT IS EVEN NOT IMPORTANT FOR

THE STAND-IN NEXT OF KIN TO BE A FRENCH NATIONAL.

ALREADY, I HAVE WORKED OUT MODALITIES FOR ACHIEVING MY AIM OF APPOINTING
A
NEXT OF KIN AS WELL AS TRANSFER THE MONEY ABROAD FOR US TO SHARE IN THE

RATIO OF 60% FOR ME AND 40% TO YOU. IT IS MY INTENTION TO ACHIEVE THIS
TRANSFER IN A LEGITIMATE WAY, ALL I REQUIRED IS YOUR HONEST, CO
OPERATION,CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST TO ENABLE US SEE THIS TRANSACTION
THROUGH. THEMONEY TRANSFER PAPER WORK ITSELF WILL INCLUDE A CERTIFICATE
OF
ORIGIN SO THAT THE RECEIVING BANK DOES NOT ASK QUESTION. ALSO THE PAPER
WORK
WILL INCLUDE PROPER CERTIFICATE THAT THE FUND BEING TRANSFERRED IS FROM

NON-CRIMINAL SOURCES. IN SHORT THIS WILL BE A PROPER AND LEGAL MONEY
TRANSFER WITH APPARENTLY NO RISK INVOLVED. THE TRANSACTION IS
GUARANTEED TO SUCCEED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I SHALL PROVIDE YOU WITH FURTHER CLARIFICATION

THAT YOU MAY NEED. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND APPRECIATED.YOU
CAN AS WELL REPLY ME TO (charles_brown2471@yahoo.co.in)
BEST WISHES,
MR.CHARLES BROWN.
NOTE: IN THE EVENT YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST,KINDLY NOTIFY ME TO PREVENT

ME FROM MAKING FURTHER CONTACT





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