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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: georgeakinyele@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:34:24 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Next=20of=20Kin?=

Standard Trust Bank Plc

Lagos Nigeria.

Good Day Next of Kin

I am Mr. George Akinyele a Banker with Standard Trust Bank Plc, here in
Nigeria.I am an account Officer to Eng Andrew ,from your country, who used
to work with Shell Oil Development Company in Nigeria.On the 30 Jan 2000,
my client, his wife and their two children were involved in the kenya airways
flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to Lagos.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 hence I contacted
you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money before they
get confiscated or declared unserviceable by Standard Trust Bank Plc where
this huge deposit were lodged.Particularly, Standard Trust Bank Plc where
the deceased had an account valued at about US$15 Million has issued me
a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within
the 6 weeks.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
to have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at
US$15 Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.
70% to me, 25% to you and 5% for any expenses we might run into during this
transaction.

All I require is your honest cooperation 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
immediately as I do not have much time in my disposal.
copy your reply to georgeakinyele_44@yahoo.ca

Best Regards

George Akinyele




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