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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: ken obi <kenobing_007776@msn.com>
Reply-To: <ken_obi100@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 12:50:54 +0000
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT PLEASE
MR.KEN OBI
SOCIETY GENERAL BANK OF Bebin Republic
Cotonu Bebin Republic
private e.mail{ken_obi100@yahoo.fr}
Dear Friend,
This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am a banker by profession from Cotonu Bebin Republic in west Africa and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank. I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds ($ 97 million USD) of one of my banks client who died along with his entire family on 31,st july 2000 in a plane crash.You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Hence , i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 65/35 %. If you agree to my business proposal.Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail.have a great day.
yours sincerely,
MR.KEN OBI
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