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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: Donald Kumallo <donaldkumallo12@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: ddkum22@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 17:04:31 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: From Mr. Donald Kumallo
>From Mr. Donald Kumallo and sister
Abidjan - Côte d IvoireÂ
West Africa
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Dearest,
It is our pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my sister, intend to establish in your country.Though we have not met with you before but we believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.There is this amount of FIFTEEN Million US Dollars ($15.000.000.00) which our late Father deposited in the bank here in Abidjan Capital city of Cote d'Ivoire which he wanted to used for his political ambition in our Country before he was assassinated.
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Now I and my sister have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.
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We want you to help us contact the bank here as my late fathers foreign business partner and the beneficiary of the deposited fund and give them immediate instruction to transfer the money into your account.
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As soon as you comfirm the money into your account, I and my only sister will come over to meet you for the possible investment project and continue our education in your country.
We will like to invest part of the money into these three investment in your Country but, if there is any other business that is better than our suggestion, we will be very glad to follow your advice.
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1). Real estate
2). The transport industry
3). Five star hotel
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If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer you 20% Of the total fund while the balance will be invested by you.
 We await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Mr. Donald Kumallo and sister
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