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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: "DR.TONADO BASANTA" <tonadobasanta24@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: tonadobasanta@myway.com
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 15:04:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION ONLY


FOR YOUR ATTENTION ONLY,

Know that this mail will come to you as surprise since we have not known or met before, but please, I would like you to treat it like blood brother affair and with the urgency and secrecy it requires. I am Tonado Basanta, the Head of Delegation of the World Bank in Middle East. I am the linkman between the Organization For Petroleum Exporting Countries -(OPEC) and World Bank in Iraq.

I also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva and Vienna. Through the indirect sale of our allocated OIL QUOTA in OPEC before the out break of war between the SA lead coalation forces and SADDAM HUSSEIN Government, I s able to make S$35million from commissions I received from the company which executed some contracts there in the middle east ON BEHALF OF OPEC, this fund is urrently deposited in a top European Security and Finance company.

I want you to assist me to claim this money as I cannot claim it directly because I am still in the service of OPEC and World Bank and the code of conduct bureau rbids me to participate in the sale of Oil quota with my any's name. It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance in moving this fund into your account for my further investment plan.

If you will be interested to assist me to claim this money, claim documents will be processed and send to you. The documents with which the fund is deposited with the security company will be changed to reflect you as new beneficiary so that you will be eligible to collect the fund as the beneficiary. For your assistance,

I will give you 30% of the fund .I am aware of the nternational monitoring of alllarge-scale financial movements after the September 11th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation, I will provide all classified clearance paper from the relevant body which will exonerate the money from eitherdrug, money laundry or terrorist related proceeds.

Due to the nature of my profession, I am now in Monaco, after the IRAQ AND THE COALATION FORCES WAR, as we have become targets of terrorist attack.I want you to assure me that there is no risk attached in this transaction. You should also provide me with your Private telephone and fax numbers for
easier communication.
Best regards,

Dr.Tonado Basanta





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