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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: "Keita Duoala" <duoalakeita1@box.az> (may be fake)
Reply-To: duoalakeita@box.az
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:38:58 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED


FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
BANK OF AFRICA(B.O.A)
DAKAR.


MY Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Duoala Keita the Director of bill and exchange at the foreign
remittance department of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) Senegal.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $5.5m in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (ENGINEER CHRISTAIN EICH) who died along with his wife and two sons and his wife's parents on a Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT in a plane crash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money
because we cannot release it unless some body applies for
it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin died alongside
with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the
claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now
decided to make this business proposal to you and release
the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank
treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking laws and guidlines here stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed after fours years, the money will
be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business
is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a
foreigner.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a
respect to the provision of a foriegn account , 10% will
be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and
60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country
for disbursement according to the percentage indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund
to you,you must apply first to the bank as next of kin of
the deceased indicating yourbank name, your bank account
number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and
effective communication and location where the money will
be remitted.
I will not fail to bring to your notice this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any attom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for smooth and succesful transfer. You
should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Tel;+2215959694
Trusting to hearing from you.
Yours Sincerely,
Duoala Keita.

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