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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: "Nika James" <nikajamesesq@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 15:57:42 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Nika James Chambers
Barristers, Solicitors & Patent Agent
23 West Road, Victoria Island
Lagos,Nigeria. 23401.
TeleFax: 234-1-4714687
Email: sannika_jamesesq@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,

I am Nika James Esq., a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. I am
the legal Representative to Engr Mark C. Sighn, a national
of your country, who used to work with Shell Development
Company in Cross River . Here in after shall be referred
to as my client.

On the 6th of April 2002 , my client, his wife and their
only daughter were involved in a Local Plane Crash at Kano
State,which en route from sokoto to Abuja(the capital city
of Nigeria) which website is show below as refrence to the
event. All of the family members unfortunately lost there
lives. 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
closest relations over the Internet, hence I contacted you.

http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm

I have contacted you to assist in returning the fund valued
at 12,500,000.00 USD (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand
US Dollars) left behind by my client before it gets
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Vault Company
or Managers where this huge amount were Lodged. The said
Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the
relatives or families of the deceased or have the account
confiscated within the next fourteen official working days.
For the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 3 years now, I seek the consent to
present you as the family member to the deceased, so that
the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, if you are interested, endeavor to send me
immediately your Full Name, Contact Address, Telephone/
Fax number to enable me inform you the modalities on how
to carry out this project. I have all necessary information
and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I
require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me as soon as possible to enable
us conclude in this matter either by my Telephone or email address above

Best regards,

Barrister Nika James

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