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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: "African Development Bank" <revkampson@afdebk.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:28:14 +0000
Subject: Urgent Attention

From Office of the President.
African Development Bank
Ecowas Building 2nd floor
Abuja Nigeria



The information contained in this E-mail and/or attachments may contain
protected health, legally privileged, or otherwise confidential Information
intended only for the use of the individual (s) concerned. If you, the
reader of this message are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
advised to contact me for more detailed explanation.

Subject: Money Transaction,

On behalf of the African Financial Governing Authority via African
Development Bank and World Bank Group I wish to express my sincere
appreciation For the opportunity given to me through this bank to handle the
international money transaction originated from all part of African
Countries due to delay of the apex and commercial banks in paying debt.

To whom it may concern

I am Mr. Donald Kaberuka, The President, African Development Bank, This is
to bring to your notice that my office has taking over all The International
money transaction originated from any part of African country and some part
of Europe countries like London and Amsterdam( COMMON WEALTH) as Contract
payment, Fund Inheritance (next of kin) or Lottery Winning due to the delay
from the financial Institutions/security companies in paying debts as a
result of excessive demand of upfront payment and corrupt practice of some
officials. The African Development Bank (AFDB), is an international
financial institution created by Africans in 1963 to promote the economic
and social Development in the African countries
(www.afdb.org)


Following the circulated reports on the above mentioned, your name appears
in one of the files which was Forwarded to my office for acknowledgement as
fund beneficiaries, I have therefore acknowledged receipt of the file and
your Money would be delivered to you in cash through a diplomatic mean, The
money would be concealed in metal boxes and would be labeled as personal
belonging so as to obtain full diplomatic Immunity coverage to ensure a
hitch-free delivery. In view of this arrangement you are therefore advised
to furnish us with bellowed stated information to enable us secure the fund
delivery document in your favor.
1,Your are to inform me the nearest airport to your location to enable us
enroot the diplomatic ticket correctly and also mail us first and send pages
of your International passport or any other of your Identification as we
shall also mail copy of the diplomatic passport to you for Identification on
the arrival of the diplomat in your airport.
2, Note that your presence would be needed in your airport to receive the
diplomat on his arrival so that both of you would move straight to your bank
in lodging the money into your nominated bank account. Therefore you would
endorse certain vital document confirming the intact receipt of your fund.
3, you’re mailing address and direct telephone/fax numbers

Finally, you are therefore warned for your best interest to stop further
communications with any person/persons apex or commercial Banks, Security
Company or any financial institution in and out side Africa as so called
correspondence/offshore banks to abstain From excessive demand of upfront
payment, I hope you would give absolute cooperation to enhance a legitimate
process on this transaction to deliver your fund to you through a diplomatic
means. Subsequently, On behalf of the World Bank and African Government we
apologized for the delay in releasing the money due to you, Looking forward
in hearing from you.
Thanks for your cooperation.
Mr. Donald Kaberuka(The President, ADB)
Tele Phone Number: 234 8024011267

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