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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: williamsokoye@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 01:48:26 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ENG=2EEdward=20Next=20of=20Kin?=

FROM BARRISTER WILLIAMS OKOYE
ATTORNEY AT LAW.

First i will like to aplogize for using the media to get across to you for
such a matter that is of great confidentiality and urgent and also considering
the amount involve. I am Barr. Williams Okoye (SAN) attorney at law, my
client Engr Edward who used to work with Eleme Construction & Development
Company here in Nigeria herein after shall be referred to as my client.

My client was involved in the explosion in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 27,
2002 which claim many lives and property. Unfortunately, my client and his
family lost their lives in that disaster that needed not to have happened.Since
then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended
relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these Several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to contact you to present you as the next of kin to
enable us have this funds tranfered into your account for our personal us
instead of having the company confiscated the funds.

My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the money left
behind by my client prior to his death before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the company where this huge deposits were lodged in, where
the deceased had an account valued at about US$16,580 Million dollars. The
company had issued me a notice to providethe next of kin or have the account
confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives I now seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds
of this account valued at US$16,580 million dollars can be paid to you.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney
to the deceased in seeing that you receive this fund as the next of kin.
I guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect you from
any breach of the law.

See the website of the bomb explosion below:

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

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

Please do noy fail to reply or get in touch with me via my personal email
address to enable us discuss further. Email: williamsokoy01@hotmail.com
.

Best regards,

Barr. Williams Okoye (SAN)
NB: PLEASE KINDLY RESPONDE TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS STATED ABOVE (williamsokoy01@hotmail.com)



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