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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: dr.john_collins@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:20:18 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HELLO?=

Union Bank Of Nig. Plc
Union House Marina
Lagos State
Nigeria.

FROM THE DESK OF: DR. JOHN COLLINS
POSITION: SENIOR MANAGER, BILLS AND EXCHANGE
REPLY TO: (johncollinsoffice@yahoo.com)

Dear Sir/madam,

I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable my colleagues
and I carry out an urgent business opportunity in my department. I work
with the Union Bank of Nigeria PLC, currently I am the senior manager of
bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of my bank. I have
an urgent and confidential business proposal for you. On June 6, 2000, an
Australian oil consultant/contractor with via National Petroleum co-operation
(NNPC) Mr. Ali B. Ashraf made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve
calenderer month valued at US$51,000,000.00 (fifty _one Million US Dollars)
in my branch. On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded
address but got no reply after months we send a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employee (Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation)
that MR. Ali B. Ashrafdied from an automobile accident. On further investigation,it
was clear that he died without making a WILL.

All attempts by the Australian to trace his next of kin were fruitless.I
therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Ali B. Ashraf
did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents
including his deposit document in my bank. The total sum US$51,000,000.00
is still in my bank as dormant acct.No one will ever come forward to claim
it. According to Nigerian banking law, after five years, the money will
revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government. If the account owner
is certified death and nobody comes forward to claim it. This is the situation
, and my proposal is that I am looking for aforeigner who will stand in
as the beneficiary/next of kin. This is simple. All you have to do is to
immediately send me the details of a bank account anywhere in the world
for me to arrange the proper money transfer document.

The money will then be transferred into the account for us to share in the
ratio of 60% for
me 30% for you while the remaining 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred
with here and there. There is no risk involved. I am using my position and
connection in the bank here to do all the document work for the transaction.
We shall employ the services of an attorney to draft the will and obtain
all necessary documents and letter of administration in your favor for the
transfer. This transaction is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested,,
I will send to you the text of the application that you will send to the
Union Bank authority for an approval to submit your claims.

Send your reply through my direct and private email:johncollinsoffice@yahoo.com)
indicate your direct Fax and telephone numbers for effective communication
that this transaction needs. Do not reply through the union bank email address
because it belongs to the senior staffs for public use.

Please note that you are not to appear in person, as every thing regarding
this project will be strictly on documentations and every banking documents
needed for this transaction will be taken care of by my self.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
GET BACK TO ME AT : {johncollinsoffice@yahoo.com}

Private Cell: +234-803-304-1228 or +234-1-4761717
Fax Number:+234-1-7594193

Best Regards,
DR. JOHN COLLINS.




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