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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: ibok@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:35:45 +0100
Subject: Treat urgent

Good day,

Re; Transfer of US$7.5 million to you.

My name is Sen.Essien.E.Ibok, I am a member of the Advisory Committe on
Oil & Gas in the Presidency.Ihave the sum of US$7.5Millon cash which I secured
from the sales and distribution of crude oil and petroleum products worldwide.
I decide to solicit your assistance to secure the fund for our
personal use, it is already in the vaults of a Financial
Firm aborad, the fund was scheduled to be transfered via diplomatic means
to Union Bank of Switzerland UBS) before I advised the diplomats to withheld
the fund on transit, please, I want to use a God fearing foreigner (like
you) for the transaction.

Hence we can no longer use my name, I hereby solicit that you kindly furnish
to me your information (name and address, phones and fax numbers) and assistance
to secure the fund in your country. I have to compensate you with 25% of
the total fund (US$7.5million) for providing neccessary assistance to
secure the fund in your country, while the balance I will used for investments
(car sales, real estate,manufacturing, agriculture, etc) as you will advice,
this transaction is 100% risk free as all relevant details of the fund will
be furnished to you on receipt of your reply. Do not hesitate to contact
me only on this email address below as the transaction needs
urgent attention and must be confidential .

Thanks and God bless,

Sen. Essien.Emmanuel Ibok
Email: essienibok@box.az






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