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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: barrferd112@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 02:31:25 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?thank=20you=2E?=



barrferd MARTINS,( [KSJ].
(DOUGLAS CHAMBERS)
LEGALPRACTITIONER & NOTORIES PUBLIC
GARDEN CITY PLAZA, SUITE 321 3RD FLOOR,
VICTORIA GARDEN CITY,LAGOS-NIGERIA.
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:(barrferd@ny.com)

Dear Friend,
I am barrferd MARTINS,( KSJ) Barrister and solicitor at law.I am the personal
attorney to Mr. JOHN MARLON ,a national of your country who used to work
with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) here in Nige ria,here
in shall refered as my client.On 21st of April 2001, my client,his wife
and their three children were involved in a ghastly auto accident along
Sagbama Express Road,and unfortunately, all occupants of the vehicle lost
their lifes. Since then i have made several enquiries to your embassy
to locate any of my client's extended relatives,this has also proved unsucessful,
after th ese several unseccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the internet to locate any member of his familyor any close name
to him, henc e i contacted you. I am contacting you to assist in repatrating
the money and properties the left behind my clientbefore the get confisicated
or de cleared unserviceable by the finance company where this huge deposits
were lodged , wherethe deceased had his account that valued at about US$15.3
Million.

The bank has issued me a notice or have the account get confiscated withi
n the next 29 official working days.Since i have been unsuccessful in locat
ing the relativesfor over 9 months I seek your consent to present you as
the
next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of thisaccount valued at
about uS$15.3Million can be wire transfer into your beneficary account.
Note that i have all the necessary legal documents that can be use to ba
ck
up any claim we amy make.All I require is your honest co-operation to ena
ble us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement which will protect you from any breach of law.

ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:(barrferd@yahoo.com )


Best regards,

barrferd MARTINS( KSJ).









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