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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: "Fredrick Kaluma" <fkaluma@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fredkaluma@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:08:00 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

Dear DIRECTOR/CEO,

My name is Mr. Fredrick Kaluma, I am an auditor in Standard Bank of South Africa . I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been well taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the day.
I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
To ease your apprehension, I got your contact from the British chambers of commerce and industry, foreign trade division.
An account was open by a foreigner named GEORGE BRUMLEY, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America, who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East Africa.
Please, visit the website below for more information,
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

PROPOSITION;

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident(May his soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out by a lawyer for the funds Twenty- five million United States dollars (US$25,000,000.00) in a domiciliary account to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.

Because after some years the money will be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank. so it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.

1.A Beneficiary name;. In order for me to prepare the PAPER WORK for transfer of the funds in your name. And also I want you to come down to South Africa to open a non-resident account for onward transfer to your overseas account, and for us to see face to face.

2. Details, particulars of your contact address.

3. Direct Telephone and fax numbers;. For our personal contact and for the confidentiality of this transactions.

I shall be compensating you with 25% of the total sum on final
conclusion of this project for your assistance, as I have also thought of doling out 5% to charity organisation from your locality based on your recommendation another 5% for the services of the lawyer while the balance 65% shall be for me for investment purposes in your country as I cannot bring back this cash to my country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you by informing you of this transaction from my bank as I will advise you to kindly desist from responding at all if you do NOT intend to render any assistance.
Endeavor to respond via this my confidential direct e-mail address fredkaluma@netscape.net.

Thanks and best regards,

Mr. Fredrick Kaluma.

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