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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: "femi femi" <femi@lawyer-net.net>
Reply-To: barristerfemi090@sify.com
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:26:43 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP/PLEASE GET BACK TO ME

BARRISTER FEMI WILLIAM
Senior Advocate/ Principal Attorney.
TELEPHONE NO: +234-8025822455
E-mail:barristerfemi090@sify.com

I am Barr. Femi William, a personal lawyer to Mr. Herve Garboudes who
operate an account with a finance company who perished in a plane crash
[Swissair Flight 111] with his wife and two children and the whole
passengers aboard on september 2nd 1998. See link below for more details.

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/05/swissair.transcripts/

Since the demise of this my client, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds deposit of US$30m, [THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS]which has been with ( ECOBANK PLC) for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics
here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years, because money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing
that you might stand as next of kin to the deceased.

And with respect to your personality, I will give you 40% of the total sum
while 60% will be mine. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you
email on the next step we shall follow for us to actualize the transfer of
the funds to you for our mutual benefit.

I will not Fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer
can be finalized within 10 banking days.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail through
barristerfemi090@sify.com signifying your Decission. You can contact me on
my private Telephone numbers +234-8025822455 for quick communication and
adequate briefing.

Respectfully,
Barr Femi William

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