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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: oladele_olajide@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:29:14 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTENTION=20NEEDED?=

THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS
ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PREVILEGED MATERIAL. ANY REVIEW,
RETRANSMISSION, DISEMINATION, OR OTHER USE OF OR TAKING OF ANY ACTION IN
RELIANCE UPON THIS INFORMATION BY PERSONS OR ENTITIES OTHER THAN THE INTENDED
RECIPIENT IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS IN ERROR, PLEASE DELETE
THE COPY. THANK YOU.

BARRISTAR OLADELE OLAJIDE
TEMPLES CHAMBERS (ATTORNEY AT LAW)
Plot 2A PARKLANE AVENUE,
LAGOS.


I am Barrister Oladele olajide , a Solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Mr. Mark Lowry , a nationality of your Country who was a
Seasoned Contractor with Shell Petroleum development Company BP.

Who unfortunately died in the plane Crash of Union Transport Africaines
Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou,Benin republic on the December 25, 2003. You
will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website:

<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/>

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 contact you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodge.

where the deceased had an account valued at about fifiteen
Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15.5M)
has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated
within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4
Months now I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of
the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at (USD15.5M) can be paid to you and then you and I can
share the money. 60% to me,10% will be set aside for expenses and 30% to
you.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please do include the following in your reply to this mail;

(1)Private telephone number
(2)Fax number
(3)Contact address
(4)Age/Date of Birth

I await your urgent response through my private e-mail address:
oladele_olajidestb@yahoo.com

Best Regards

Oladele Olajide (Esq)





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