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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: "Halima Ali" <halima_231@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alimusa231@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:46:48 -0800
Subject: NEXT OF KIN

FROM THE DESK OF DR ALI MUSA.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.
LAGOS- NIGERIA,WEST AFRICA.

Dear ,

First I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret.Though I know that
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. Let me start
by introducing myself properly to you.I am Dr.Ali Musa, the Auditing and
Accounting Unit,Foreign
Operations Department UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.I came
to know you in my Private Search for a Reliable and
Reputable Person to handle this Confidential
Transaction, which involves the transfer of Huge sum
of Money to a Foreign Account requiring Maximum
Confidence. SOURCE OF FUND: A Foreigner an Australia,
Late Engr. Steve Moore (Snr.) an Oil Merchant with the
Federal Government of Nigeria,until his death months
ago in Kenya Air Bus (A310-! 301) Flight KQ431,Banked
with us at Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Lagos and had a
closing balance as at the end of September, 2000 worth
US$20,000,000.00 (TWENTY Million United State
Dollars), the bank now expects a next of kin as
beneficiary. Valuable efforts are being made by the
Union Bank of Nigeria to get in touch with any of the
Moore's family or relatives but without success. It is
because of the perceived possibility of not being able
to locate any of Late Engr. Steve Moore (Snr.)' s next
kin (He had no wife or children that is know to us).
The Management under the influence of our Chairman and
Members of the Board of Directors, that arrangement
has been made for the fund to be declared "Unclaimed"
and subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms
and ammunition to further enhance the course of War in
Africa. In order to avert this ulgly development some
of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your
permission to have you stand as next of kin to Late
Engr. Steve Moore (Snr.) so that the fund, US$20
Million will be released and paid into
your account as the beneficiary's next of kin. All
documents and proves to enable you get this fund will
be carefully worked out. We have secure from the
probate an order of madamus to locate any of the
deceased beneficiaries, and more so we are assuring
you that this business is 100% Risk Free on your part.
Your share stays while the rest will be for myself and
my colleagues for investment purposes according to
agreement within both parties. As soon as we receive
an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, we would
furnish you with the necessary modalities and
disbursement ratio to suite both parties without any
conflict. If this proposal is acceptable to you,
please furnish me with Your private fax and phone
numbers for easy communication, your Bank Name, Bank
Account Number, Companies Name and Address. (You are
free to open a new Bank Account if you so wish)
We have decided that the funds be shared thus, after
it has been sucessfully transferred into your account:
1. 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the
beneficiary of the fund. 2. 5% will be set aside for
reimbursement to both parties for any incidental
expenses that may be incurred in the course of the
transfer. 3. 65% to us the originator of the
transaction. Please do not take undue advantage of
the trust we have reposed on you.
Reply immediately.

Best regards,

Dr Ali Musa

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