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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: tony_ade00@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:52:01 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?TREAT=20AS=20URGENT=20AND=20CONFIDENTIAL?=

Dr. Tony Ade
Foreign Operations.
Union Bank Of Nigeria.
ICON House, 6th Floor, Idejo Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Goodday,

I am Dr. Tony Ade, of the Department of Foreign Operations ,Union Bank.I
was personal account manager at one time to one late Engineer of your country,
who till his death was a contractor with Impressario Nigeria Limited and
Nigerian Ports authority. I have decided to contact you through this medium
based on a business proposal, which will be of mutual benefit to both of
us.

A random search based on your locality from the Internet produced your name
and address and that of two others in your country.On the 21st of April
2002,an Engineer , his wife and their three children were involved in a
car accident along Ibadan express road and all occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives. At the time of his death,he had a deposit
of $32.6 Million which was proceed of a contract work he just concluded
with the Nigerian Ports authority.

The payment was made with a Union Bank cheque which I personally cleared.Unfortunately,
no body has come forward to claim this money. It is based on this that some
officials in my department and I have decided to establish a cordial business
relationship with you, hence my contacting you. I humbly request your attention
to this matter so that I can present you as his next of kin and beneficiary
to his chattels. It is not a very difficult thing to do and it will not
take time.

All I will need is to change the name and particulars of his next of kin
to yours in our computer database and we file in an application for the
release of the fund.If you indicate interest in this affair, our Attorney
shall prepare some documents, which we shall Send to you and your name shall
be incorporated as a Beneficiary of this fund (Next of Kin To Mr.Andreas
Greg) The information shall be backdated and put in Mr.Andreas Greg's File.

Regarding to the sharing ratio, that will have to be discused as soon as
i hear from you with your full readiness to enter into this bargain with
me. However, i beleive that will not course any problem hence the vehementissue
is readiness to conclude this transaction with me.

Please contact me as quickly as possible with email;tony_ade79@yahoo.com.We
will talk about the sharing ratio as soon as you get in touch with
me.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE GIVEN EMAIL ADDRESS
ie;(tony_ade79@yahoo.com)

Kind regards,
Dr. Tony Ade.



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