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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: sunny_charles@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 19:56:31 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?VERY=20URGENT=20NEEDED?=




BARRISTERSUNNY CHARLES AND CO
FROM THE DESK OF LAWYER SUNNY CHARLES
NO 2/3 DWITF STREET IKEJA G.R.A
charleso@echina.com

I am Barrister SUNNY CHARLES , a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Mr. Charles Morgan, a national of your country, who used to
work with Chevron Oil Producing Company in Nigeria.Here in after shall be
referred to as my client. On the 25th of December 2003, my client,on the
single reason of visiting his inlaws.His wife{A LEBANESE} and their only
daughter were involved in a Plane crash on their way home for the holidays
and were among the 111 people confirmed dead.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate
any of my client\'s extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to track over the Internet, to locate any member of his family or
relative hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in
repatriating the fund valued at US$20.7 million Left behind by my client
before it get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Firm
where this huge amount was deposited.

The said Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin or have the account confiscated in the next six months.For the fact

that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives since then I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased,so that the
proceeds of this account can be paid to you.Therefore, on receipt of your
positive response, we shall then discuss the percentage that is coming to
me after the money is been creditted in your chosen account and the modalities
for transfer.

I can assist in procuring the necessary information and legal
documents that may be needed to actualise this proposal.All I require from
you is yourhonest 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.
{Please reply to charleso@echina.com}

PLEASE VIEW THE
WEBSITE:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

REGARDS.
BARRISTER.SUNNY CHARLES






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