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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: solomon_ng@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 01:33:29 -0800
Subject: URGENT REPLY

SOLOMON OMOKIE
OMOKIE & ASSOCIATES,
12 MOREMI CLOSE
S/W IKOYI-LAGOS.


Dear Sir/Madam,

I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this mail, if the contents
does not meet with your personal and business ethics, I appologise in advance.

I am barrister Solomon Omokie( attorney at law), I represent Alhaji Ishmaila
Gwarzo estates. Alhaji Gwarzo was the chief security adviser of the then
military leader of this country(Nigeria) in the person of Late General Sani
Abacha who died on the 8th of
June 1998. With the advent of a new democratic dispensation in the country
under the leadership of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo (Rtd), My client has come
under severe persecution due to the sensitive position he held in the last
military regime, presently he is under house arrest restricted only to the
confines of his village.

The main purpose of this mail is to intimate you of a business proposal
that might be of interest to you. My client has informed me of the existence
of funds deposited with a Royal Trust bank and Security Limited. This fund
came about as part of security votes that were allocated to my client's
portfolio during his tenure as chief security advicer to the then president.
What happened was that he had part of the funds transferred from the vaults
of the Central Bank Of Nigeria to this security outfit with the aim of purchasing
arms and ammunitions for the personal security outfit of the then president.
But before the purchase could take place the president died. My client has
deceided to keep this for himself as all his properties has been confisticated
by the present regime. But due to his
incarceration he cannot effect the change of possession to his benefit.

I have been mandated by my client to source for a foreign partner that can
help him acilitate the change of possession. The deposit certificate, the
code needed for the execution of this endeavour and the website of the bank
are in my possession. My client has agree to give you 10% of the sum based
on the fact that you will be responsible for the processing and handling
charges as may be stipulated by bank.

The funds in question is USD12.5M (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States dollars Only). Should this proposition be of interest to you,
i await your response,so that we can go through the rudiments of this endeavour.

I remain most obliged.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Solomon Omokie (JP).






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