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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: bens773@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 18:18:49 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?assist=20me=20to=20invest=20in=20your=20country=2E?=

My Dear Friend,

I am Barrister.Benson Ideh, the personal assistant to
Dr.Charles Taylor,the former President of Liberia. He
has recently stepped down from power and is presently
in assylum in Nigeria.

Well dear friend we need your assistance in
transferring some of the money derived from Government
excesses into your account, because the government is
making plans to seize all his assets.I have been
mandated to deal with anyone who offer assistance to
have this funds transferred to his account oversea.

Please View these websites:
http://www.cnn.c
m/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/taylor.warcrimes/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/liberia.1300/index.html

The amount is USD$24million,in a Security firm in
Spain.All that is needed is for me to instruct
the company to arrenge with you and at the same time
release the consignment that contain the fund to you,
I will give you 30% of the total funds transferred to
your vital bank account as compensation for your
assistance, Five percent (5%) would be set aside to
take care of all expenses we may incure during the
transaction.

To indicate your interest,kindly provide me your
direct phone and fax numbers and all relevant
information for easy communication and to let you
know the roles you will play in making this
transaction successful. All the legal information
concerning this Money will be sent to you as soon as
we agree together.Meanwhile,As soon as you have
receive the fund you will be expected to advice us on
investment plan in your country.

If you find it in your heart to assist, please contact
me by this email: benson_ideh42@yahoo.com and send
immediately your full names, telephone and fax numbers
to enable an immediate contact be as I have adviced
above.

Thanks for your cooperation.
Regards

Barrister. Benson Ideh.
Email: benson_ideh42@yahoo.com



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