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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: "Dr. Norman Elvis" <paddy_paddy@IXP.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:02:13 -0700
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL!!



#123CB/PBV,MAIN CITY, JO,BURG,
P.O. Box 1924,
Lenasia 1829
SOUTH AFRICA.



[URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL]

[RE: TRANSFER OF US$48.223 MILLION]


My name is Mr Norman Elvis, I work as the operational manager in
account management section in charge of credit and foreign bills of
one
of the
prime banks here in South Africa.On a routine inspection I discovered
a
dormant domiciliary account with a Balance Of US$48,223,000. 00
(Forty
eight million two hundred and twenty three thousand U.S dollar).On
further discreet investigation,I also discovered that the account
holder has
died long ago with his family on a fatal Auto-accident leaving no
beneficiary to the account and no other person knows about this
account.

I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here who is my
partner and he is willing to approve the transfer to any reliable and
trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank account because the former
operator of
the a/c is a foreigner and from Australia in particular.

I am certainly sure that he has no writen or oral WILL attached to the
account , no beneficiary and nobody will come again for the claim of
this money. It is only a foreigner who can claim this money with
legal
claims to the account holder which I will provide to you if you are
interested,therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction. The
difference in country of origins is not a hindrance to the success
of this transaction. This money will remain useless in this dormant
account if I did not transfer the fund out to a foreign account.

I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order
to claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner to
provide your safe bank account information for the transfer. All
arrangement
that will ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which
you
are to nominate is already in place.You should also provide me with
your direct phone lines for easy communication. I wish for utmost
confidentiality in handling this transaction.


At the conclussion of this transaction, your share will be 25% of the
total transfer sum, 70% for me and my partner while 5% will be set
aside
for any expenses both parties might incure during the process of the
transfer.The fund will be transferred to your account in two parts. I
will
first transfer USD 20 Million to your account. I will fly over to meet
you after the successful transfer for sharing according to the
agreed percentages. I will have the remaining balance of USD28,223
Million transferred to your account only after the successful sharing
of the
first transfer
without any disappointment from your side.

Let me hear from you URGENTLY.

Best Regards,
Dr. Norman Elvis

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