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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: "williams@afredchamber.com williams@afredchamber.com"
<williams@afredchamber.com>
Reply-To: williamsafred@myway.com
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:27:37 +0000
Subject: great offer assist

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Williams Afred, the personal assistant to Charles Taylor, the
formal President of Liberia. He has recently stepped down from power and is
presently in assylum in Nigeria.

Dear friend we need your assistance in transferring some of the money
derived from gold excesses into your account, because the government is
making plans to seize all his asets. I have been mandated to deal with
anyone who is willing offer assistance to have this funds transferred into
his account overseas.

Please, view these websites:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/taylorwarcrimes/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/08/11/liberia.1300/index.html

The amount is USD$15.6 million, in a Security firm
Abroad. All that is needed is for me to instruct the
company to transfer the funds into your account. I will remunerate you with
25% of the total funds transferred to your vital bank account as
compensations

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:

1) direct phone and fax numbers and contact address.

All other relevant information shall be rquested by the company for a smooth
transfer. And do let me know in your response 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 in terms.

My boss, his entire family and I have been confined only to Calabar and all
our calls are monitored, so I hope to use all available contact to get you
all the needed information. Only few days ago the international body
insisted that all our guards be disarmed and security measures tightened.

If this proposal satisfies you, please contact me by this email address as
matter of urgency [willamsafred@myway.com]immediately with your full names,
telephone/ fax numbers.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Kindest Personal Regards.

Barrister Williams Afred

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