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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: barristerjohnsonx@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 17:36:08 -0700
Subject: Attention:Els

From Barrister Johnson Mowah Esq.
Plot 1572,Victoria Island Lagos.
email:johnson_barrister@yahoo.co.uk

ATTN,Els.
I am Barrister Johnson Mowah (ESQ) Barrister and solicitor at law. I am
the personal attorney to Mr,Rick Els, a national of your country,who used
to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) here in Nigeria,
herein shall be refered as my client.
On the 21st of April 2002, 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 lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several

unsuccessful attempts,I decided to do a research to locate any member of
his family or any close name to his,hence I contacted you.
I am contacting you to assist in repatrating the money and property left

behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable

by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,particularly the
ASSURANCE BANK where the deceased had his account
valued at about US$9.5 million dollars.

The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.
Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over two

years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$9.5 million dollars

can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money according to any

agreed ratio. Therefore you will be required to send your bank details to
me
so that I can forward it to the bank for them to start processing the transfer

or prefferably you can open a new account basicaly for this transfer and
funish
me with details.

All I require is your honest co-operation and honesty to enable us see this
deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement

that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Best regards,
Barrister Johnson Mowah (ESQ).
NB:Please respond to the email address above


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