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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: "MR DONATUS" <donatus1@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: donatusokobi@omaninfo.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:04:02 +0100
Subject: I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust.

I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust.
From the desk of
MR.DONATUS OKOBI,
Senior manager,
Bills and Exchange,
Nill Bank of Nigeria PLC,
Lagos, Nigeria.

Reply To: donatusokobi@omaninfo.com

Attn:
Dear Friend,

I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable my colleagues
and I carry out an urgent business opportunity in my department.

I work with the Nill Bank of Nigeria PLC; currently I am the senior manager
of bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of my bank. I
was the account officer to one Mr. Ali B. Ashan who died along with his
family on the 8th of November 1997 in an ADC Boeing 727 plane crash at Egirin
River. All 141 passengers on board were feared dead.

He left in his domiciliary account the total sum of $25.5m,{Twenty Five
million, five hundred thousand USA Dollars}. Since the management got the
information of his death we have been expecting any of his relation or his
next of kin to come up and claim his money.

Unfortunately, From the day of his death till the time of this letter none
of his relation or friends has come up for the claim.The banking and financial
law of Nill Bank of Nigeria PLC stipulates that if such fund remained unclaimed
after a period of (7)seven years, it will be transferred into the bank treasury
as unclaimed bill. On this discovery sir, I and two other senior staffs
now decided to do business with you and release the money to you as the
next of kin to Mr. Ali B. Ashan for safety and subsequent disbursement.
I will soon proceed for my retirement leave this year, and I personally
do not want this fund to be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed
bill. That is why I wanted the fund to be move out of the bank before I
proceed on my retirement from the banking services by December 15th 2004.


The need for a foreigner as next of kin in this project is occasioned by
the fact that the customer Mr. Ali B. Ashan was a foreigner and a Nigerian
cannot stand as his next of kin or heir. We have agreed that 30% of the
Fund would be for you as foreign partner; thereafter my colleague and I
will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.


To enable the immediate transfer of the fund into your nominated account,
you will first apply to the bank as the next of kin of the deceased, indicating
your bank account number and location where in the money will be remitted.
Upon receipt of your acknowledgement indicating your interest, I will send
to you the text of the application that you will send to the Nill Bank of
Nigeria PLC authority for an approval to submit your claims.
Send your reply through my direct and Private: donatusokobi@omaninfo.com


Indicate your direct Fax and telephone numbers for effective communication
that this transaction needs. Do not reply through the Nill Bank email address
because it's belonged to the senior staffs for public use.

Please note that you are not to appear in person, as everything regarding
this project will be strictly on documentations and every banking documents
needed for this transaction will be taken care of by myself.

Looking forward to urgently hearing from you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Donatus Okobi

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