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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: "Franco Barrensi" <franco_barrensi5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: franco_barrensi01@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:01:29 -0500
Subject: Seek your cooperation as my foreign partner(Franco Barrensi)

Dept. of Mineral and Energy
Pretoria,
South Africa.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your assistance
to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
country. I apologize if this mail does not suit your personal or business
ethics.

My names are Mr. Franco Barrensi We are making this venture proposal to you
in strict confidence. As senior civil servants in the South Africa
Government, the South African civil service laws (Code of Conduct bureau)
forbid us to own a foreign account. The money we have in our possession is
an overdue payment bill totaling Nineteen Million, Two Hundred Thousand US
Dollar (US$19,200,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the
assistance and co-operation of a company/ or an individual to receive the
said funds, via a reliable Bank Account.

If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate your interest
after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other information
to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due
course. For your assistance, your share of the entire sum will be 25% of the
total sum, 65% for us and 10% will be used to settle taxation and other
miscellaneous expenses in the course of transferring the funds to your
account. Please indicate your direct telephone and direct fax number when
replying this business proposal I will call you when necessary. If you are
not interested, please also indicate so that it will enable me to contact
other foreign partner with recommendations to carry out this deal.

A swift acknowledgment on the receipt of this mail will be appreciated.

Thank you and God bless you.
Best regards,
Franco Barrensi

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