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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: cchambers@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:33:15 +0100
Subject: REQUEST AS NEXT OF KIN.

Chris Uche Chambers
3 Bode Thomas
Victoria Island
Lagos-Nigeria.


Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Chris Uche personal attorney to Engr. Patrick Norman, a national
of your country, who used to work with Zenon Oil Company in Africa herein
after, shall be referred to as my client. My client with his entire family
(The wife and Children) were involved in the explosion in Africa, on January
27, 2002 which, claimed many lives and property.

Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster
that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several inquiries
to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has
also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to source help over the Internet for any resourceful partner who can accept
to be presented as next of kin, hence I contacted you.

My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client prior to his death before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the bank where my client made a deposit of
$12.5 Million deposit.

The guidelines of the bank stipulates that if any deposit remained unclaimed
for over a period of 3 years and few months without claime, the said deposit
will be confiscated and this will happen within some couple of official
working months if nobody comes for the money.

The Finance firm has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over a year now, I seek your consent as the next of kin of
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account could be paid to you.

I have all the necessary official and legal documents that can be used to
back up your claim. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
me as the legal attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive the
inheritance fund. I guarantee that this will be
executed legitimately to protect you from any breach of the law.

See the 2 website of the bomb explosion below: -

http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/020130Lagos3/index_txt.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm

I Implore you to get back to me via my alternative email address : (cchambers@skim.com)
Upon your acceptance to claim the inheritance fund.

Looking forward to hear from you.

With best regards,

Barrrister Chris Uche

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