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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: fola202@handbag.com
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 04:04:51 +0100
Subject: I Need A Trustworthy Person

From the Desk of: Mr.Ade Folarin
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}
Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
E-mail: folarinade1 @fastermail.com

Dear Friend,

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr.Ade J.P Folarin, GM,Corporate
& Investment Banking with Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria. Lagos-Nigeria.


This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from someoneyou
have not met before and due to high volume of Spam mail that goes around
the world through this means but I have no other choice than to send it
to you through the internet means, Therefore, I will appreciate it if you
honor it and give me all your trust and full co-operation.I came to know
about you in my private search for a reliable person/company

to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.
As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the world trade center (WTC)
Regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was
not made known to them.

Proposition

A America Mr. Frederick M. Wong, 54 years of age who is an America Oil consultant/contractor
with NNPC had in our Bank the sum of US$5m in a domiciliary account. He
named his wife, Mrs. Lilla C. Wong as the next of kin. Unfortunately, two
of them died in a plane crash involving Egyptair 990, you can confirm it
yourself via website below:
www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html Efforts had been made
by the management of my Bank through the American Embassy in Lagos to contact
any of the deceased children but to no avail, as we were made to understand
that the couple had no children. Given the skeletal information available
to the Bank, it has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives.
The option left for the Bank management is
to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the funds to trading
on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank.

In Nigeria, and almost all other parts of African continent, when Banks
acquire funds such as that of Mr. Frederick M. Wong, they are required by
law to donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust Fund For Arms
And Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions purchased with funds from the Trust
Fund are used to further enhance the course of war in Africa and invariably
turbulence of some sort in the world in general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this negative development
that my Colleagues and I now seek your assistance to have you stand as a
distant relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Wong, so that
the funds would be released to you. All documents and proofs to enable you
get the funds will be carefully packaged once we receive your consent on
this proposal.

May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free, as we
have taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction.I1
have the authority of my partners involved in this transaction to propose
that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction your share would
be 40% of the US$5million, 60% for us.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.

Best Regards.
Mr.ADE FOLARIN
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}.
Send your further correspondent to this e-mail address: folarinade 1@fastermail.com



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