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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: oscar_osifo@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 05:02:16 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Please=20Call=20or=20Email=20Me?=

STALLION TRUST BANK
VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS NIGERIA.
MR. OSCAR OSIFO
EMAIL:oscar_osifo@zipmail.com.br
Tel:+234 8037715150

Dear Friend,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction;this is by virture of its nature as being
CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive but I am assuring that all will be well at
the end of the day,I am Mr.Oscar Osifo,a senior accountant
with the Stallion Trust Bank Plc.,Lagos Nigeria. My client
by the name Engr.Henry Larson, with his entire family (The
wife and Two Children) were involved in the bomb explosion
in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27th, 2002 which, claim many
lives and property. Unfortunately, my client and the
family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not
to have happened. Since then I have made several enquiries
to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has
also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to track any trust and honest person
that can stand as the next of kin and have his remaining
transfered to him/her,.Before his death and uptil date i
was his account officer.
My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating
the fund (Estate) left behind by my client prior to his
death before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by my bank,where this huge deposit were
lodged in, where the deceased had an account valued at
about US$10.4 million. The company had issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated
within the next 25 official working days. Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one
year, now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the
deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$10.4 million can be paid to you.
All documents to enable you get this fund will be
carefully worked out. This proposal is 100% risk-free. We
have agreed that the fund be shared thus,after it must
have been transferred into your account.
You can find informations about the January 27th, 2002
Bomb Explosion on the website below.
http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/020130Lagos3/

Please get back to me through my email address for further
discussion.

Best regards,

MR.OSCAR OSIFO




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