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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: "DR. ANTHONY MICHY BUTEEGO" <dr_atnmichyb@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dratnmichyb@o2.pl
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:50:01 +0000
Subject: HI FRIEND!!!

>From Dr.Anthony Michy Buteego,

Branch Manager
United Bank For Africa Plc
Ilupeju Branch
Lagos-Nigeria

Attention: Sir/Madam,

My name is Dr. Anthony Michy Buteego, Branch Manager United Bank For Africa
Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account
number 14-255-114 whose name is Burke Sean, an american by citizen who
perished in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers
aboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view thisweb site
ttp://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this our customer, 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 of US$15.5M (Fiftheen Million Five Hundred Thoudsand
United States Dollars) which has been with our branch 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 Nine years, because the
money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this
period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was making
a research on a foreigner i will use in this great upportunity. For your
assistant i will give you 30% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your
response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which
you will type sign and send back to ourbank to enable us start this
transaction.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
the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this
transaction will be complited within five banking days of recieving your
response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased. When
you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision
including the Following informations.

1. Your Full Name

2. Your Home And Company Address

3. Your Telephone And Fax Numbers

4. Your Age/Occupation.

You are advice to send the above mentioned information to me for quick
communication reagrding this Business Transaction.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr.Anthony Michy Buteego.

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