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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: joshua taloy <joshuajudith2007@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:02:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: TRUST US AS WE TRUSTED YOU 100%


My Esteemed friend VICTIMNAME ,

Thanks very much for your reply today, I have just received your mail now with many thanks, and ready to explain more about this future business venture. Well, as you might have read from my first letter I don’t want to expose things until I make sure that you understand my major aim. Due to we don’t know you personally but we have very big confidence in you but we must be very careful because a lot of unfaithful beings are in the world now and we don’t want to be a victim of that as you know this money is our only hope in this future as my father and my mother is (Late) we can not afford to misuse this fund. We just only want you to manage and invest it in any lucrative business venture that you shall advise.

Well, we will like to in lighting you a bit so that you will comprehend what we needed you to do to have this fund/ investment successfully done in your country.

Just to brief you a little, the investment fund we are taking about is presently lodging in a finance institution in Europe, I will tell you the particular country in Europe after we talk. The money in questioned is amounting to the sum of $8.7 million dollars. Please you have to keep this by your self and do not discuss it with anybody until the transaction is over. Note you will be entitled of 25% of the total sum for your assistance as I have discussed with my sister this evening , we will stop here till we hear from you then we will educate you on what to do and how to continue. But note that this business will not last more than one week immediately we commence.

We will wait to hear from you to enable us give you all the information of the finance institution in Europe and advise them to make the change of ownership to your name as the beneficiary before the money will be release to your account for the investment.

Do not forget to include your direct MOBILE TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS on the return of this mail.

Thanks and God bless
Joshua and Judith










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