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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: paul morgan <paul303morgan@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:53:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CAN WE DO THIS BUSINESS?


ATTENTION.
{RE: TRANSFER OF (US$85.5m}.
I want to transfer to overseas (US$85.5m} from a Bank in Africa, I am
seeking a reliable and honest person who will be capable and willing to do
this transaction with me promise that he/she will never let me down in
future or you help to seek an honest and reliable businessman who can assist
us.
I acquire your contact information through your country trade search
engine when am browsing for an honest person. I am Mr.Paul Morgan ,the
Auditor General of a bank in Africa, during the course of our auditing I
discovered a floating fund in a domiciliary account opened in the 1989 and
since 1999 nobody has operated on this account, after going through some old
files in the record I discovered that the owner of the account who is a
foreigner died without any traceable next of kin hence the dormant nature of
the account and if l do remit this money out urgently it will be
re-channeled into the bank's reserve. Here is the CNN report of the event
that occurred for more prove:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/31/missing.plane.02/
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can only be
approved to a foreigner or into foreign account. I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine as i will use my office to see that the
transaction is hitch free and On the conclusion of this business, you will
be given 45%of the total amount, 45%will be for me, while 10% will be for
expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of this
transaction. Please send your private telephone numbers as a need may arise
either to call you in the day or night as occasion warrants. Call or send an
email to me as soon as you receive this proposal
Regard,
Paul Morgan,{Auditor General}.








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