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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: yakubu_umar@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 19:00:34 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20OF=20KIN=2E?=


YAKUBU UMAR'S CHAMBERS,
LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY &
HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE
SUITE 202 OMEGA PLAZA, APAPA
LAGOS -NIGERIA.
(TOP SECRET)

Atten;Sir/Ma,

I am Barrister Yakubu Umar(Esq), the Personal Attorney to a foreign Contractor,who
worked with a Multinational Oil Firm in Nigeria. On the 11th of September
2001, my client, a Mexican National, late Engineer A.Goins, an oil Merchant/
Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death Three
years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight 11,from
Boston,Assachusetts,to Los geles, California,crashedinto the North Tower
of the World Trade Centre with 86 people on board. All occupants of the
Aeroplane unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several
inquiries to Several Embassies to locate anyofmy clients extended relatives,this
has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail. Then
I have to contact you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
Bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where
the deceased had an account valued at about US$35.5 Million has issued me
a notice to provide the next of kin,relatives so that the fund left will
be transferred or have
the account confiscated within the next twenty official working days. Since

I have been unsuccessful in locating the the relatives for over 3 years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$35.5Million can be paid
to you and then you and I can share this money.60%to me and 30% to you,while
10% should be for expenses or tax as your Government may require. All I
require is your honest and co-operation to enable us see this dealthrough.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. I will want you to send to
me on your return email the following information for the transfer in your
favour.

1, Your full Name


2, Your contact Address


3, Your private phone,mobile and fax numbers

For easy communicating for each others I await your kind esponse,Please
if you are interested and capable in handling this deal with me, due reply
only on my alternative email address for security reasons yakubu_umar45@yahoo.com
And note that the nurture of this deal needs a very top secrecy.

Best Regards,

Barrister Yakubu Umar(Esq)




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