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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: mrs_j_wilford@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:42:37 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20ENDEAVOUR=20TO=20USE=20IT=20ON=20CHURCHES=20AND=20ORPHANAGES?=

FROM MRS JOY WILFORD OF NETHERLANDS
PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT ON CHURCHES AND ORPHANAGES
REPLY-TO: mrsjoywilford2005@myway.com

Dearest one,


I am the above named person from Netherlands. I am married to Dr.Franklyn
Wilford who worked with canada Embassy in Nigeria for nine years before
his death on march 2003.We were married for eleven years without a child.
He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.


Before his death, we were both born again christians.When my late husband
was alive he deposited the sum of Fifteen million, four hundred thousand
U.S.Dollars (US$15.4) with UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
Presently,



this money is still with the above mentioned bank and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather
issue a letter of authorisation to somebody to receive it on my behalf if
I can not come over.Again, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have
been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs.


I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I
have only a few months to live.


It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations
because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since
my illness. I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility
to any of them.



Please,I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and the
interest accrued from the bank and distribute it accordingly.


I want a person that has God fearing, that will use this money on churches
and orphanages propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house
of God is maintained.


The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that giveth.I took
this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money.My
happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christia


Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and truth.
Please always be prayerful all through your life.


Any delay in your reply will give me room in searching for another person
for this same purpose.

Hoping to hear from you soonest.

Yours Sister in the Lord,

Mrs Joy Wilford



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