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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: "remi kolarinwaa" <remikolarinwaa@charteredbankworld.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:03:51 +0000
Subject: Assist Me

FROM THE DESK OF: Remi Kolarinwa
(Executive Director of Chartered Bank.)
www.charteredbank.com

Good Day,

I am Remi Kolarinwa,( Executive Director) with CHARTERED BANK and also the
account
officer in charge of Mr.Eric Bachmann account, A National of your country,
who use to
work with a Multi-National oil firm in Nigeria.

Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, On April 21,2003, my client,
his wife,
and their three children were involved in a motor accident along Sagamu
express way.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

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 trace 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 and property left
behind by my
client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this
huge deposits were lodged.Now CHARTERED BANK PLC where the deceased had an
account
valued at about(TEN Million US Dollars) has Issued out a notice to provide
the next of
kin or have the account confiscated.

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 so that this
(TEN
Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the
money. SIXTY
PERCENT to me and FORTY PERCENT to you. 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.


Best regards,

Remi Kolarinwa

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