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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: "Sgt Giles Bright" <sgtgiles111@islammemo.cc>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 20:29:44 +0300
Subject: GOOD DAY



FROM:SERGEANT GILES BRIGHT.
Camp MXP-512 Third Infantry Division Unit(T.I.D.U),
Abul Uruj, Baghdad, Iraq.

I am Sergeant Giles Bright, a native of the United Kingdom. But a citizen and resident of
the US.I am a soldier of the America troop currently serving in the third infantry
division Unit in Iraq.

I am currently in Kuwait on duty break. my partner Darren D. Braswell,36, of Riverdale,
Ga.,Darren D. Braswell died Jan. 7th near TalAfar,Iraq, when the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter
in which he was a passenger crashed. Braswell worked For the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service, i secretly moved some abandoned cash in a mansion belonging to the former
president, Saddam Hussein and the total cash is US$20,200,000.00 (Twenty Million two hundred
thousand Dollars).

As I write this letter to you, this box is here with me in cash as I secretly moved it out
of Iraq to safe place. You do nothave to be afraid of anything as no one else knows about
this and everything is safe. I would be pleased And grateful to you if you could assist me
in receiving this box (money box) on my behalf as I will be heading back soon to camp in
Iraq to join my colleagues. Of course, I shall compensate you with an attractive percent of
the total funds for your role/efforts. We have limited time now, kindly get back to me
immediately.

Moving the funds out of here is not going to be much of a problem as arrangements are being
made towards that. All I want from you is your trust and assurance that if the box
containing the funds is in your possession, you will follow my instruction when making
expenses.please get back to me with your full name and contact phone number (cellphone,
preferable) without delay and lets negotiate terms.

Your response will determine our subsequent correspondence.

You can read more onthis website for more information and explanations

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Yours in Service.

SERGEANT GILES BRIGHT

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