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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: "Habebe Paulo" <habebe09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: za001_za@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:51:11 -0800
Subject: Soliciting For Partnership

Dear Friend

With sincerity, trust and honesty, I wish to inquire of your services to be
my foreign partner / investor and support me to transfer and manage my funds
by investing in profit making ventures like buying of company shares in your
country. The recent growth of your country Economy and Trade activities
impressed me, having thought of how greater the market will look in the next
10-20 years I decide to relocate to your country and have a better future
since the Africa environment is not favorable to me.

Forgive me for contacting you through this medium without a formal
notification. I know you do not know me before, and this will definitely
come to you as a surprise. I got your contact information during my private
search for an international businessman who is capable to handle this
transaction and my investment in your country.

I am Mr. Habebe Paulo the son of late Mr. Habebe Martins. I am a citizen of
Liberia and was born in May 22nd 1968. My father was the personal/private
accounting officer to former President Charles Taylor of Liberia. My Father
was murdered in cold blood during the rebel war in my country Liberia.

As I have explained above I need your support to transfer my funds Twenty
Nine Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$29,900,000.00)
to your personal or company account abroad for my investment.

When the war started in my country (LIBERIA) where by the rebels wants to
eliminate the president and his followers, my father, mother and younger
sister happens to be victims of the war. Before my father died after he was
shot several time, he called me to inform me about the US$29.9 million.
These funds are kept in South Africa under my fathers name with a security
company as consignment for safekeeping. I have the legal documents for the
deposit of the consignment (Funds) with the security company in South
Africa, which my father gave to me before he died. He advice me to go out of
Liberia immediately to South Africa where the funds are kept and look for an
international partner to transfer the funds out of Africa for my future
living. Presently, I am residing in South Africa as a refugee (Asylum
Seeker).

I am willing to offer you 35% of the whole money for the inconveniences this
will cost you and for your support in this transaction while 6% of the total
money will be use to reimburse any expenses that might arise in the cause of
this transaction, these covers miscellaneous expenses such telephone bills,
your air ticket to South Africa, hotel bills and others that may also arise,
the remaining 59% will be for me and my investment in your country to setup
a profitable venture under your supervision.

As a matter of urgency and confidentiality, please do let me know if you can
or cannot assist me in handling this transaction and the investment involve.

I anticipate your quick response, indicating your interest and commitment.
In your reply do not forget to include your direct (private) telephone and
fax numbers. Treat with utmost confidentiality.

Best Regards.
MR. HABEBE PAULO
NO 92 DE KORTE ST. BRAAMFONTEIN
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27 83 873 0630

NOTE: If you are not interested please disregard this message as something
that never came to you.

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