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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: "INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC"<interbnk.plc@live.com>
Reply-To: <foreigndebtmanagement@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:28:27 +0100
Subject: FINAL RECONCILIATION/SETTLEMENT OF PART PAYMENT FROM INTERCONTINENTAL BANK

INTERCONTINENTAL BANK INT'L PLC
NTBCRC. ICB/CX6060777MD
OUR REF. CSTC/MD/ESP/09
Tel: 234 19-86372546
Fax: 234 19-56342521
Date: 5-10- 2009

ATTN:SIR/MADAM,

RE: FINAL RECONCILIATION/SETTLEMENT OF PART PAYMENT TOTALING $5,500.000.00 .

Following an excellent business report on total dedication to duty as the 2008 Bank of The Year Award in Africa, we wish to inform you that we just received payment instructions from WEST AFRICA MONETARY UNIT to offset a part payment of your funds. However, arrangement is on top gear regarding the liquidation of your debts. It is imperative to also bring to your notice of the mandate given by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and Paris Club to liquidate all protracted debt owed to foreign beneficiaries from the Grant unanimously approved by the World financial giants. This is in conformity with the poverty alleviation debt relief on third world countries.

To proceed with remittance do reconfirm to this office with immediate effect, the preferable

method of payment thus: -

i. SWIFT WIRE TRANSFER/KEY TESTED TELEX TRANSFER.
ii. INTL CERTFIED BANK DRAFT
iii.LIQUID CAPITAL (CASH PAYMENT)
iv. ONLINE PAYMENT TRANSFER
v. AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE ATM

We solicit your co-operation to reconfirm your account coordinates indicating your name as the
beneficiary, banking detail, and attach a copy of your international passport via fax or email for
proper identification. Finally, the moment we receive the required information, we shall proceed
immediately as regards final vetting, scrutiny as we instruct you for immediate payment. You are strongly advised to desist from contacting any office both local and international and follow this directives aimed at settling the long awaited payment from Africa and beyond the third world countries.

Do contact our chief payment officer MR. DESMOND OMEGA Email: foreigndebtmanagement@gmail.com with the following information;
Your full name
Telephone number
Address

Best regards,
DR JOHNSON DAVIS (Director, Intercontinental Bank Plc)

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