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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: ahmeddanladi@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 03:13:51 -0800
Subject: BE THE NEXT OF KIN

FROM MR.DANLADI AHMED.
FOREIGN ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
STANDARD TRUST BANK(NIGERIA)PLC
LAGOS-NIGERIA
E-mail; danladiahmed@box.az

Hello Dear,

I am the manager of Foreign Accounts Department of the Standard Trust
Bank
Plc. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and
co-operation
to carry out this transaction. We discovered an abandoned Sum of
US$20Million (Twenty Million U.S Dollars) in an account that belong to
one
of our foreign
customer who died along side his entire family in November 1997 in a
plane
crash in Lagos.Since this development, we have advertised for his next
kin
or any close relation to come forward to claim this money, but
nobody came to apply for the claim.
To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have decided
to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of
kin
to the deceased and claim this money. We need a foreign partner to
apply
for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner.
And
we dont want this money to go into the banks treasureas unclaimed
fund.Every
document to effect this process will emanate from my table and I will
perfect every documents to be in accordance with the banking law and
guidelines
so you have nothing to worry about.

All we required from you is you to open a local bank account in your
name
here in Lagos where the money is to be deposited,before onward transfer
to your designated account abroad. we have agreed that 30% of the money
will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred on the both side while 60%
will
be for my colleagues and me.
If you are going to help me, indicate by replying this letter and
putting
in your bank particulars, private telephone and fax
numbers.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in
earnest.
Once I receive your reply, I will send you the text of application for
immediate
application of claim.

Thanks for your anticipated assistance.

Please indicate your interest only in my alternative private e-mail
address:danladiahmed@box.az

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Danladi Ahmed.







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