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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: "justice mensah" <justicemensah@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mensah79@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 01:25:54 +0100
Subject: Urgent reply (Dear Beemsterboer)

Justice Mensah
Mensah & Associates Law Firm
Solicitors, Attorneys, Advocates & Notaries Public
Lagos Nigeria.

Dear Beemsterboer,

I am Barrister Justice Mensah a solicitor at law. I am the Personal Attorney
to Engr Mark Beemsterboer, a National of your Country,who has lived in
Nigeria for the past Twenty years, and whom here in after shall be referred
to as my client.

On the 2nd December 2001, my client, his wife and their only daughter were
involved in a car accident along sagbama express road . All occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives, my client was one of them. Since
then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here 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 hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating most especially the money
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank, where this huge deposits were lodged. The
deceased had an account valued at about 12 million United States Dollars and
the bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the
account confiscated.

My late client did alot of contracts for different Governments in West
Africa and died a very rich man. I seek your consent to present you as the
Next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the
proceeds of this account valued at 12 million dollars can be paid to you, as
my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed
percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next
of Kin will be provided.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in
touch with me to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

Best regards,

Barr.Justice Mensah.
NB:REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE MAIL ADDRESS(jstc_mensah@yahoo.co.uk)

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