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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: "joseph joseph" <josephuzoka@london.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:24:20 +0000
Subject: From Mr Joseph Uzoka

>From Mr Joseph Uzoka
Manager Bills&Exchange
Foreign Remittance Department
Zenith Bank of Nigeria

Dear Friend

I must solicit your confidence in this transaction this is by virtue of its
nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret. Though a transaction of this magnitude
will make any
one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at
the end of the
day. We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.But let me
first introduce myself.

I am Mr Joseph Uzoka, Manager of Bills&Exchange at the Foreign Remittance
Department of Zenith Bank of Nigeria,I came to know of you in my search for
a reliable
and reputable person to help handle this confidential transaction, which
involves the
transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.
Detail: The President/Ceo of Mark Kogan Farm and Engineering Drilling
company Nig.
Ltd, Mr. Mark Kogan (CANADA) made a fixed deposit of USD14,000,000.00
(Fourteen
Million United States Dollar) deposit with the Zenith Bank of Nigeria PLC
five years ago.
This deal was to mature in April 2002. But Mr. Ramirez Sanchez and his only
son whom
he used as next of kin died in kenya air crash in the year 2000.Since we got
information
about his death,we have been expected his next of kin/relations to come over
and claim
his money because our bank cannot release it unless somebody applies for it
as next of
kin or relation to Mr Ramirez Sanchez the late depositor as indicated in our
banking
guidelines.

Unfortunately none of his relation has come for claim.It is therefore upon
this discovery
that i now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as
the next
of kin/relation to Mr Ramirez Sanchez for safety and subsequent disbursement
since
nobody is coming for the money and i dont want this money to go back into
Federal
Government account as unclaimed fund.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains
unclaimed,the money will be transfered into the banking treasury as
unclaimed fund.The
request for a foreigner as the next of kin/relation in this business is
occasioned by the
fact that Mr Ramirez SANCHEZ was a foriegner and a Nigeria cannot stand as a
next of
kin/relation to the late depositor who is a foreigner.Therefore i request
you to provide a
reliable Bank account into which the Zenith Bank of Nigeria Correspondent
bank abroad
will pay the funds into.

Documents and proves to back you up in the receipt of the funds into your
account shall
be carefully worked out. We have also decided that for your assistance you
will be
entitled to 30% of the funds as your commission. 10% shall be set aside for
reimbursement to both parties for any incidental expenses that may be
incurred in the
transaction.If this proposal is acceptable to you, contact me immediately
through Email. Please furnish me with your most confidential telephone and
fax numbers,including your full names and address,complete Bank information
so that they can be used for all your
official communications.
Thank you for your anticipated co-operation and God Bless.Please reply to
joseph_uzoka@ny.com

Mr Joseph Uzoka





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