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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: twill_07@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:31:01 +0000
Subject: Next Of Kin

GLOBAL TRUST BANK PLC
PLOT 1609 EVANS STREET
LAGOS ISLAND,NIGERIA.

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION;

STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I am Mr Tony Williams,a manager in the Bills and Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance
Department of the Global Trust Bank Plc.I am writing this letter to ask
for your support
and cooperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.

We discovered an abandoned sum of$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million United
States Dollars only)
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along
with his entire family
a wife and two childrenin November 1997 in a AVATION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY(ADC)
Plane crash.

Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come
over and put claims for his money as the heir,because we cannot release
the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distantrelative has ever
appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery,I and other officials
in my department have agreed to make business with you and release the total
amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it
or discovered he maintained account with our bank,otherwise the fund will
be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund.We have agreed that
our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;20% for you as foreign partner,60%
for us the officials in my department and 5% for the settlement of all local
and foreign expences incurred by us and you during the course of this business.

Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleagues
will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 75 % we intend
to import medical equipment into my country as a way of recycling
the fund.

To commence this transaction,we require you to immediately indicate your
interest by a return e-mail and enclose your private contact telephone number,full

name and address to enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments
for necessary approvals before the transfer can be made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because of
its nature.I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

Best Regards
Mr.Tony Williams


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