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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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  • dav_anderson01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: david anderson <dav_anderson01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:51:49 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent Assistance To Transfer Usd$20.5 Million For Investiment









MR. David Anderson
Email: dav_anderson01@yahoo.co.uk
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel_0027 73644 1888

          (PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL)

ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO
I got your contact courtesy of the South Africa chamber of commerce and Industry business Directory here in Johannesburg, My name is Mr David Anderson,the son of DEFENCE  MINISTER Alain Anderson of the republic of GABON in Central Africa. I and my mother are  presently residing in Johannesburg,South Africa where we are seeking political Asylum.

 
I am 33 years old and first son of the second wife of Mr Alain ,Before my mother's marriage with the defense minister Alain Anderson finally broke-up, she was able to move out some reasonable sum of Money in US$ currencies out of the Presidential Villa in Libreville the Capital Of Republic oF Gabon, which I intend to invest for myself and my mother in Good Venture. This fund amounts to a total of US$20.5M(Twenty Million Five Hundred United State Dollars)and this money is safely kept in the security vault Alert Security company here in Johannesburg South Africa pending when I will find a trusted foreign business partner who will help us to move this fund to his Country for investiment.

I am interested in any business you think can be very viable in your country as long as the business will not fail me because the lives of me and my mother  depends on this money as we may never in life go back to my father who out rightly abandoned us.
 

In your reply please indicate a few businesses you think will be of mutual benefit to both myself and yourself. We propose that you shall receive 30% of the entire amount for your assistance in  moving the money out of South Africa while 70% of this money goes to us (Me & My Mother)All the expenses that you might incured in course of this transaction will be deducted immediately the fund is in your account before the sharing as we agreed and before any investiment, you will be helping us in term of reasonable investment opportunities that will be of mutual benefit to us and also your humble self.

Please indicate your willing and also include your private phone and fax numbers for quicker communication,call us after you have carefull read my proposal in your are interested. 

For further enquiries, you may wish to EMAIL me or my mother on the above Email address.

Please maintain absolute confidentiality of this privileged piece of information and proposal as it is never our wish that my father(Alain Anderson)ever know our way about for life.

 
Hoping to meet you very soon as our business relationship improves.

God bless you as we await your favorable reply,

MR. David Anderson
For the Family

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