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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: "Mont Blanc" <barr_blanc@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:08:17 -0700
Subject: IMPORTANT

10/08/2005
Edu Law Firm
www.edulfirm.com

Dear Richard Zawisny,

It is my pleasure contacting you now, as I have longed to get in touch with
anybody who knew Mr.David Zawisny a citizen of your country I am Barrister
Blanc Samson the personal attorney to Mr.David Zawisny who died along with
his family on the 01 FEB 1997 in a plane crash, the aircraft name is Hawker
Siddeley HS-748-353 Srs.2A.This crash happened in Tambacounda (Senegal) in
Africa and the registration number of the aircraft is 6AV-AEO.See link below
for the crash details.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970201-1

My client had deposited about Twenty One million US Dollars (21Million US
Dollars) in london while working with a tourism development centre in west
Africa as the head.

Since then there had not been any trace of claim from any person as the fund
remains dormant in his account with this bank. Although I kept this
information secret within my jurisdiction to enable me put claims and
transfer the said amount through a trustworthy friend overseas whom I shall
present to the bank as the bona fide next-of-kin to the deceased for a
profitable and successful project.

Ever since I have been trying to locate the next of kin or any of the
relatives to come forward and make this claim but to no avail. Right now the
bank is experiencing some internal problems which could lead to failure and
total forfeit of my late client's deposits. Please if you are related to my
client in any way or you know my client's actual relatives then re-contact
me, so that I can link them up to make the claim. But if you cannot contact
them you can come up and make the claim because I do not want the money to
be forfeited as I expect to benefit from the money also.

Do consider this and get back to me through my personal mail box
(barristerblanc@yahoo.com).

Thanks for your co-operation.
Sincerely.
Blanc Samson.Esq
Edu Law Firm
www.edulfirm.com

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