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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: ugochukwujoe@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:37:04 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?urgent=20reply?=


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I am Ugochukwu Joe Esq, a solicitor at law. I am the
personal attorney to jeff scoll, a national of
your country, who used an to be expertrate contractor with
Shell Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of
April 2000, my client, his wife and their only
daughter were involved in a car accident along
sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have
made several enquiries to your embassy here to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, this
has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the Internet, to locatany member of his
family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to
assist in recovering the fund valued at US$15.6
million left behind by my client before it gets
confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Bank
where this huge amount were deposited. The said Bank
has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confisicated within the next twenty
one official working days.Since I have been
unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin to the deceased since you have the same
last names, so that the proceeds of this account can
be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your
positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing
ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all
necessary information and legal documents needed to
back you up for claim. All I require from you is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.
Best Regards,
Ugochukwu Joe Esq.
Alternative Email ugochukwujoe@yahoo.com









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