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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: "Mr.Malaki" <pedgas@aeiou.pt> (may be fake)
Reply-To: malaki_interbiz@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:26:34 +0700
Subject: Political assylum, your assistance will be highly profitable to both of us.

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is an urgent email that I am sending to you and I would like you to treat it like that and let me know if you can help or not. At the moment I have got the son of one of my client in Malaysia . This client was a prominent man who was previously involved in Political di-stabilization. since the rebel activity in across central Somalia that led the country into civil distraction and the country to be divided into two. One pro-rebel to the North and the pro-government to the south.
The attacks, which came as the Monitor went to press, were the first official reaction by Ethiopia military to powerful Islamic who have taken control of much of Somalia since June 2006 and which Addis Ababa fear will boost hard-line Islam inside its own borders. Confirmation of the attacks follows weeks of denials that Ethiopia was not involved in military action against Islamic element within Somalia which is the cause of this war.
His elder son is under United Nation protection in Malaysia and he might probably be interested to invest, since their family is blacklisted in across central Somalia because of the father being a rebel lord. I had a phone conversation with the father who was requested some Foreign contact from me in other to help him disguise positively the money that they obtained through the two big Bank in central city of Somalia which the amount is up to USD$3,500, 000.00 Three million five hundred thousand us dollar, one Central Somalia and the other in Near the Border of Ethiopia because these Banks are on their rebel territory.
If you can help in this I will put you through so that you can Contact this gentleman in Malaysia. But please be forewarned that it is Dangerous because the money that is in Malaysia was not declared at the port of entry since it went in Malaysia through Diplomatic Banner. Please if you can handle these and ready to contact these gentlemen In Malaysia to help this families invest this money in proper way and Honest let me know so I can give you the contact. But it will be wise to tell me the truth if you are scare in other to avoid exposing him.
Hope you can feel free to respond back to me on my direct email so we can know each other and do things together with peace.

My regards,

Mr.Malaki

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