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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: "peter abba" <peterabb6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrjohnobi@ny.com
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:40:12 -1000
Subject: Acknowledgement

FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER JOHN OBI
CHAMBER:OBI & ASSOCIATES
3 Allen Ave.Ikeja, Lagos - Nigeria



Please bear with me for sending this letter
to you surprisingly. I am Barrister John Obi
Personal Attorney to a national of your country, who used to work with
Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria(SPDC).
Please, I sincerely wish to let you know that this is not the kind of
e-mails that you will refer to as "spam" or it's like. I am genuine and
I will prove it to you once I hear back from you.

On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife And their three children
were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road,
Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident,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 relatives over the Internet to locate any member of
his family
but of no avail, hence I contacted you.I contacted you to assist in
repartrating
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
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
$9million
U.S dollars(Nine million dollars). Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice
to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the
next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccesfull in
locating the the relatives for over 2 years now.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account
valued at $9million U.S dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or
tax as your
government may require. I have all necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make. 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.


Yours Faithfully,

John Obi
For:OBI & Associates.

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