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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: nic kaku <nic_kaku2@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:39:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: pls help



From ; NICOLAS KAKU
Abidjan Cote D'ivoire.
WestAfrica.
Email: (NIC_KAKU@YAHOO.FR)



ATTN, Please think about my life .


Dear One,


Compliments of the season. Please it is my pleasure to go into business relationship with you I am NICOLAS KAKU (22 years), I am a citizen of Cote D'ivoire. I am writing to solicit your noble assistance for the transfer and investment of ($10.500,000 ) TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD. in your country.I am the only remaining SON of late Mr.Johnson KAKU,the Director of Cocoa Dealers in Abidjan who was poison by his junior in one of there dinner. Before his death last year 2004,he called me confidentially and informed me in confidence of this sum of USD$10.5 million dollars he deposited in a prime bank here in Abidjan for onward transfer, pending the guarantee of your faithfulness and co-operation. he further advised me to search for a reliable partner overseas who will assist me transfer and invest the money overseas in case he did not survive in the hospital .Unfortunately, he died I am soliciting your kind assistance:

1,To provide me good account were this money will be transfered.
2, To help me seek for a good and profitable business to invest the money into.
3, To help me search for a better school to continue my education over there.
4,To help me come over there to start a new life .

I have all the documents with me here in Abidjan. So, I look forward to hearing from you so that we will proceed and as soon as we retrieve the deposit, I will without wasting time come down to your country to witness the investing of the money, Meanwhile, you will be compensate with 20% of the money for your noble assistance.More detail will be giving to you in your next mail.
I look forward to hear from you .

Thank you for your concern,

God bless you,

NICOLAS KAKU.








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