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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: barr_gana decon <barr_ganadecon@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:17:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: urgent help:Aleida Hartog


BARRISTER.DECON ESQ
DECONS CHAMBERS
14, RUE DU BOULVARD
LOME TOGO WEST AFRICA
Pls,Contact ME:00 228 930 76 88 (011 228 930 76 88 for USA/CANADA only )
Alternative(mrgana_decon@hotmail.co.uk)

ATTN:Aleida Hartog

I am Barrister.G.D. GANA, a solicitor,and personal attorney to Egnr.B.J. Hartog.A national Of your country, who used to work with Shell Development Company in Lome Togo,who is my client. On the 21st of April 2000, He, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car crash along AKIKPALI KRA express Road. All passengers in the vehicle lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries,attempts to your embassy here to locate any of my clients relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you, I have done this in your assisting to move the fund valued at US$11.M(Eleven Million United States Dollars.) left behind by my client before it gets confusicated or declared to the Federal Reserve. The International Monetering Committe has for sometime now served me a notice to provide the next of kin to my client or his account!
shall be
declared dormant or possibly confusicated.
Since this,all efforts in locating the relatives for over 2years now has proved abortive, I ask you represent as the next of kin to the deceased, since you have the same last name, so that the amount in this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response,we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honest Co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. My alternative email address:(mrgana_decon@hotmail.co.uk)very urgent for more enlighting and development I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through the above e-mail for more details.
Best Regards.
BarristerG.D.GANA.




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