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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: "Godspower Eric" <godspowereric@msn.com>
Reply-To: christb2007@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:28:56 +0000
Subject: FROM THE DESK MR CHRIST BELLO

FROM THE DESK MR CHRIST BELLO
No. 20, BURMA ROAD,APAPA, LAGOS - NIGERIA
No 13 Badagry Expressway Lagos.
Email: christb2007@yaoo.fr
Mobile:234-80385-13716

Dear Sir/Ma

I am an Accountant ,Inter Continental Bank plc {ICBPLC),My name is MR CHRIST
BELLO,Banker I am the personal Account Manager to Engineer Athony Goodluck.


A National of your country, who used to work with shell Development
company in Nigeria.Here in after shall be referred to as my client On April
21,
1999, my client, his wife, and their three children were involved in a
car accident along Sagamu express way.Since then, I have made several
enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives,
this has also proved unsuccessful.

Afterthese several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
through my personal research over the Internet, so to locate any member of
his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money that belong to my client before they get
confiscated or declared as unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposit were lodged.Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account
valued
at about $10.5Million Dollars, has 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 unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3
years now.

Therefore, I have decided to seek your consent to present you as the"Next of
Kin" of the deceased ,so that the proceeds of this account valuedat
$10.5Million Dollars, can be paid to you and then you and me can share the
money.

55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses
during the process or Tax as your Government may require, I have the
Certificate of deposit that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest Cooperation to enable us seeing this deal
through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with mestrictly via his mail:christb2007@yaoo.fr to
enable us discussfurther and please do not forget to send you personal phone
and fax number for easy communication.

Best regards,
MR. CHRIST BELLO
Tel:234-80385-13716

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