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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: "Mrs jessica Savimbi" <sa_vi2003@educ.ar>
Reply-To: je_sav31@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:07:47 -0700
Subject: urgent help

From Mrs.Jessica Savimbi,

No. 22, Alexander Crescent,
Park View Estate,
congo kishasha.



Dear Friend,

I pray God this message reaches you in wonderful
spirit.I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence
irrespective of the fact that we have not met before and because of the
natureof the situation I found myself. I am Mrs.jessica j.Savimbi ,
from Angola.l got your contact from www. and coupled with the
information i gathered about you from the external trade
department of my country's chamber of commerce and industry.

There is an information I would like you to keep very
confidential. There is sum amount of money my late Husband {former
UNITA Rebel leader} General Jonas Malheiro Savimbi deposited in a
suspence account with a Bank for safe keeping few months before he
was assasinated by the Angolan Millitary force sometime three years.The

squable happened as over the issue of mineral and allocation
resource of diamond using his power and influence to smuggled
diamond to the neighbouring countries in exchange for money and
other valuable assets. Presently, I am staying in one of the
refugee camps outside Angola just to save my life,with my three
children. The money in question is $10,500,000.00 Milllion
U.S.Dollars.

I can't make the withdrawal of this fund,because my
husband registered the beneficiary of the fund as his (Foriegn
Bussiness Partner). But the documents of the deposit are with me.
What I would want you to do, is to assist me to get the funds
withdrawn from the Bank, have the same transfered to your country
in your name and thereafter share the funds by giving you 25% of
the total sum as commission.Please there is no risk in this
transaction. I will use the remain balance of the money for an
investment in your country for the future of my children. If you
are intrested, and can maintain the very confidentiality of this
transaction,you e-mail me immediately for more clearification.The
Angola government through it's various agents has confisticated all
my late husband known properties since his death.You can find how
and when my husband was killed in the BBC news achives in the
following news
story:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1839252.stm
It was widely reported in the international news media

Thank you as I awaiting your urgent reply.
Thank you and God bless.
Mrs. jessica. Savimbi.

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