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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 21:02:03 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP
From:Â Â Sandra Edward,
 Lome-Togo West Africa.
Â
Dearest,
Â
I am  Sandra Edward the only daughter of late Chief and Mrs.John Edward, Please, don't be embarased, I am seeking for your attention, in helping me to transfer the sum of ($4.2,000,000,00 US dollars) Four million, Two hundred thousand United State of American Dollars into your account. Please, it's very urgent.
Â
Moreover, Dearest, I will be sharering the total amount with you, but we are going to mark out 10% of the total sum for the expenditures in the process of transfering of my money into your nominated account overseas.
Â
Thanks,
 Sandra Edward,
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