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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: "Ade Johnson" <accountant_ade@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:55:14 +0000
Subject: Hello

Hello,

I am an Account Officer with UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC in Nigeria. My name
is Ade Johnson, a Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to Late
Christian Eich who is a National of your country, who used to work with an
Oil servicing Firm in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my
client,my client passed on as a result of a plain crash along side with his
wife and two children on 30th JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [ Flight
AF4590] with the whole passengers aboard, see below Website for more
information about the plane crash.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

After these several unsuccessful attempts in locating any of his relatives,
distant or near, I decided to trace his name over the Internet, to locate
any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to
assist me in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client
before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
huge deposits were lodged, particularly the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.
Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($50 million US dollars)
has Issued me a notice to provide the next of Kin, Or have the account
confiscated within the next Fifteen official working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 years now, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of Kin of the deceased so that this
account valued at ($ 50 million US dollars) can be transfered to you in your
foriegn account.

At the conclussion of the transfer, 55% of the fund will be for me here,I
would give you 25% of the total transfer sum, 10% for charity both in Africa
and in your country while the remaining 10% will be set aside to settle
expenses both parties might incure during the transfer process.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through as i have already drafted out the strategies in other to
enable us do this without too much problem.Please get in touch with me
through my private email address accountant_adejohnson@yahoo.fr. And do send
me your phone number for easy communication and the best time to reach you
with the below information.

Nationality:
Age:
Sex:
marital status:
Occupation:


Regards
Dr.Ade Johnson.



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