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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: mazulu olu <mazuluolu@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mazuluolu98@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:16:15 -0700
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE


URGENT ASSISTANCE

BURKINA FASO NATIONAL PETROLEUM

COPERATION

FROM ENGINEER MAZULU OLU .

RE: CONTRACT AGREEMENT.

Dear Friend,

I wish to acknowledge and recognize your importance in this

business transaction which will take us only one month.

I am a member of contract awarding

committee which I was the chairman.

A contract was awarded to foreign company to lay pipes from

DiARERE-BASEMENT to UAGADOUGOU refineries which was awarded in the year

2001, the contract was (60) Million, United State dollars but been a

contract awarding committee chairman I over inflated in to the tone of (90)

Million, United State Dollars, the work have been completed and the

company have been paid by Burkina Faso National Petroleum Cooperation and

they have gone, what is left now is (30) Million, United State Dollars which


was kept in one of the Finance/Security Company set up by the Federal

Government that is in chargeof paying foreign contractors.

I need your assistance to assist me conclude this golden

opportunity and to secure the fund into your possession, because being

the chairman, I cannot do it alone without the help of a foreigner who will

stand as the contractor who executed the job.

Please you should keep the business very secret and confidential to

yourself, do not tell anybody even your wife or your children till the

money gets to your account, then I will join you in your country for a
meeting and

subsequent, introduce me into a profitable business where I will

invest my own share of the fund.

I have set aside 100% to be shared between me and you. I being the

contract awarding committee chairman, I will get 50%, you that is assisting
me will

get 40% then 10% will be shared between both parties for any expenses

we may meet on the way during the

transaction. Please keep it very secret and

confidential to yourself, awaiting your urgent response for us to proceed.

Telephon number Fax number

COMPANY and home addres

Accounat number

God bless.

Best regards

From: Engineer Mazulu Olu.

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