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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: "STEVE UGHA" <ughaste2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ugha@myway.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:04:38 +0000
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED, PLEASE READ.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
From the Desk of: MR STEVE UGHA,
WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS - NIGERIA .
Dear Sir,

URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is MR STEVE UGHA, a Manager
with the WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, LAGOS - NIGERIA .

I know that this proposal will come to you as a suprise. This is due to the
obvious fact that we have not met in our lives before. But I am persuaded
and inspired to send this email to you given the huge fund transfer
opportunity that will be of immense and mutual benefit to both of us, our
respective families and to those that depend on us. We will at the end of
this transaction, have the opportunity and priviledge to be a bit more
charitable and donate to charities / charitable organisation, to orphanages
and to other less priviledged
in our respective societies.

Proposition

Mr Bob Williams, an American, aged 65, now deceased, was a prosperous oil
merchant and owned an Oil Servicing Firm in Warri, an Oil Producing City in
Delta State of Nigeria. He was one of our esteemed foreign customer. He had
in our Bank the sum of US$35.5m in a domiciliary account. He named his wife,
Patty Williams, aged 63, as the next of kin.

Unfortunately, on January 31 , 2000 our client and his wife were killed on
board Alaska Airlines Flight 261 while on holidays enroute Mexico to the
USA. You may wish to read more about the incident on the following website:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

Since the bank got information about the death of Bob Williams and his wife,
we have been expecting his children to come over and claim his money, but
surprisingly no one showed up.Going through his file in our office we
discovered that the deceased had no children. And the only Next Of Kin
officially known to the bank and which infact is the wife also died in the
air crash.

Further investigations by the bank revealed that late Mr Bob Williams died
intestate, ie died without a will. And this means that no one has knowledge
of this funds in our bank.It is therefore upon these discoveries that I and
two other colleagues decided to do business
deal with you to facilitate the release of the funds to you as the next of
kin and
therefore the bona fide beneficiary of the funds in question; as we do not
want the funds
to revert to Government treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking laws and guidelines here in Nigeria, under The Financial
Services Act, stipulates that if funds such as that of late Mr Bob Williams
remains unclaimed after five years such funds should be transferred into
Government treasury as unclaimed bills. Cases of this nature where funds
revert to Government treasury abound in our bank.

May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free, as we
will take care of
all the necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction and security
of mind both
now and in the future once the funds are transferred.

I have the authority of my partners involved in this transaction to propose
that should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction your share would be 20% of the
US$35.5 million,
70% for us and 10% for taxation and other miscellaneous expenses that may be
incured in the course of the transaction.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.

I anticipate your urgent response, whilst also requesting that you treat
this matter in
strict confidence.

Best Regards.

MR. STEVE UGHA

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