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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: "KEVIN TAYLOR" <kivt2004@handbag.com>
Reply-To: kvtaylor2004@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:29:44 +0100
Subject: OMEGA BANK PLC

OMEGA BANK PLC
FALOMO SHOPPING COMPLEX
IKOYI LAGOS - NIGERIA
KEVIN TAYLOR
TELE:234 803-5387660.

Dear Future Partner

I am Mr Kevin Taylor, Bank Manager of Omega Bank
Plc.Lagos, Nigeria. I have urgent and a very confidential
business proposal for you,but how do one explain the
situation in nigeria where there are lots of Miscreants
and this has made it difficult for me to contact any one
about this transaction,hence I deem it necessary that
peradventure you are not interested with this
information/proposal,that you let me know by a return
mail, infact a lot has been said and a lot of efforts has
been put in by the government and private /financial
institutions to senitize our Environments.

However my proposal is about what is on ground,and is
genuine,and the deal is as follows,

On June 6, 1997, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.Ralph
William made a number of (Fixed) deposit of twelve calendar
months,valued at US$25,800,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Eight
Hundred thousand Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity,I sent a
routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers,the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Ralph William died from an
automobile accident.On further investigation, I found out
that he died without making a (WILL), and all attempts to
trace his next of kin was fruitless therefore I made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. Ralph William
did not declare any next of kin or any relation in all his
official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in
my Bank.

This sum of US$25,800,000.00 has been moved out of my bank
to our correspondence's security/finance company's vault
in Guernsey Uk for safekeeping waiting for the
next of kin of Mr.Ralph William to come forward and claim it.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
Foreigner to stand as the next of kin of Mr Ralph William
owner of the money but all necessary documents must be
provided by us before you will claim the fund from the
security company in Uk and from there you will transfer
it to your bank account.This transaction will cost us some money for
proper
documentations/records process from the Nigerian national petroleum
corporation,and
all the ministries which Mr Ralph Wiliiam worked. So please take note
that
this is not a
child's play.


For me to get all the neccessary documents that will back-
up the claim, I will like you to provide immediately your
full names, your private telephone/fax number, bank details where the
fund
will be transferred into,your address, your age and occupation so that
I
will use it to get all the necessary documents that will back-up the
claim
although this will cost us some
amount of money so that the original documents will be
provided and sent it to you by courier service.

The money will be share in the ratio of 80% for me and 15%
for you and 5% will take care of all expenses that we will
incure during the transaction of this business.

If you are interested, please reply immediately through my
confidential email addresses:kvtaylor2004@yahoo.com


Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details. Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and
be rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to invest my share in your country and also it
is 100% risk-free. It will not in any way implicate you or
tarnish your image, so do not entertain any fear
whatsoever and do not disclose or discuss it with anybody
to avoid any leakage.

Thanks and regards.

Mr. Kevin Taylor



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