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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: "PAUL WILLIAMS" <madukapaul@tiscali.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: paulwill@rediffmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 22:14:19 -0800
Subject: COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON

Barr.PAUL WILLIAMS
LEGAL PRACTITIONER,SOLICITOR & ADVOCATE
EMAIL ADDRESS:paulwill@rediffmail.com
Dear Friend,


I am Barr. PAUL WILLIAMS, personal attorney
to Mr ABDUL HAMID,Who was a former consultant to an oil firm in Iraq herein after, shall
be referred to as my client.

My client with his entire family (The wife and Two
Children) were involved in a bomb explosion in
during the recent war in Iraq,that claimed
many lives and property. Unfortunately, my client and
the family lost their lives in that war that
needed not to have happened. Since then I have made
several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to seek for assistance through the
Internet, to locate anybody that can assist me ,hence I contacted you.

My purpose of contacting you is to assist in
repatriating the fund (Estate) left behind by my
client prior to his death before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by the company where this
huge deposit were lodged in, where the deceased had an
account valued at about US$32.4 million. The company
had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confiscated within the next 21
official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful
in locating the relatives for over one six months, now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this fund valued at US$32.4 million can be paid to you.

I will provide 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 this inheritance in your name as the beneficiary of the fund. I guarantee that this
will be executed legitimately to protect you from any
breach of the law.

I assure you of a risk free transaction devoid of suspicion. you will be adequately compensated with 40% of the fund, 10% will be used to offset all expences from both parties.


Please get back to me through my email address for
further discussion. My Email contact is :paulwill@rediffmail.com

Best regards,

Barr. PAUL WILLIAMS

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