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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: "michael_oke2005@yahoo.com" <michaeloke2@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:09:52 -0700
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE


MICHAEL.O EGOBIA (ESQ)
BARRISTER SOLICITOR & LEGAL CONSULTANT
159, IJU WATER WORK ROAD, IJU-AGEGE,
LAGOS-NIGERIA,


Dear Sir,
We would like to develop business relations with you by establishing a trust
agreement whereby you shall hold, manage, invest and distribute all asset
received from us in trust and the proceeds therefrom, under the term of trust
agreement.
I am an Attorney & Consultant to an influential politician and currently
a Federal Minister in the Federal Republic of Nigeria who has been able to
use his diplomatic status to, move the sum of $30 Million into Europe and
presently deposited in a private security company for safe keeping, these
boxes of money were air freighted as artifacts and photographic materials.My
client, because of his present status in government cannot be physically
involved in the management of this money, hence he will do this by way of
proxy and fiduciary agent in order to avoid any probe by present democratic
government in Nigeria.
I am requesting your assistance as trusted and reliable friend to help
secure investment programs available. You should be aware that you and your
associate will manage the complete process and escort our fiduciary agent
through the various procedures. If the above is workable for you and your
associates, I would be glad to forward our standard discretionary asset management
agreement for you to look and make any necessary amendment if any. This agreement,
we hope is to ensure the safety of funds and consolidate the relationship.
Prior to handing over the funds to you and your associates, we hope to arrange
for preliminary meeting with you in Holland where the original of the agreement
will be signed by you and our fiduciary agent/myself. To ensure the success
of this transaction it should be handled with utmost secrecy and confidentiality

I await your urgent response.
Best regard
Michael





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