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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: ayo_dasilver@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:14:08 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?MARK=20CRUTSINGER=20NEXT=20OF=20KIN?=

Barrister Ayo Da Silver
Plot 124 Kofo Abayomi
Victoria Island
Lagos- Nigeria

My Dear

I am Barrister AYO da SILVER, an attorney at law. First I must solicit your
confidence in this transaction, by virtue if its nature as being utterly
CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day.

A deceased client of mine, by name Mr. Mark Crutsinger Who herein after
shall be referred to as my client, a national of your country, who lived
here in Nigeria. He died in an Auto crash with his entire family his wife
and two children in November 2002.

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by
my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly the account where the deceased had an account
valued at about valued at $10.5 million dollars.

The bank 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 3years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin so that the proceeds
of this account valued at US$10.5 million can be paid to you. Then we can
share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.

If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology.

Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.
When you are to reply me you are to send along this followings


1. Your full names:........................................

2. Contact Address:..........................................

3.Phone and fax numbers:......................................

4. Occupation:.............................................

5.Age......................................................


I look forward to your response.

Regards,

Barrister Ayo Da Silver




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