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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: "Richard Cole" <ib_ahmed1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: richard_cole11@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:12:39 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONCE

BARR.Richard Cole
SOLICITOR AT LAW
REPLY ONLY TO:richard_cole11@yahoo.co.uk

I am Barrister Richard Cole ESQ a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney. to Mr. Raymond Beck , a national of your country, who use to
work with shell Development Company in Nigeria. Here in after shall be
referred to as my client.Who died along with his wife in the EgyptAir
Flight
990,1999 air crash

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family it was still
unsuccessful hence I contacted
you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were
lodged.Particularly, Citibank of Nigeria Lagos where the deceased
had an account valued at about $18.7million United States dollars has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 9
months now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are a foriegner so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $18.7million dollars can be paid to you and then you
and me can share the money 60% to me and 40% to you I have all
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may
make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. And I
will like you to treat this as most urgent so that we will receive this
money at this last quarter of the Year.

Please get in touch with me Immediately with
your telephone and fax number.


Thanks for your co-orperations.



Best regards,
Barr.Richard Cole.

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