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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: "tunde lemo" <tundelemo11@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:06:33 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR CLAIM

Dear Sir/Madam

This is to notify you that it is time for you to forward to this bank a
letter of claim, before I proceed, I am Mr.Tunde Lemo,a financial controller
with UNION BANK NIG PLC.I am the accountant in charge of your related
person, brother or uncle, Mr Gabriel Collins who work with one of the
biggest multi national oil firm in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred
to as my client, last year my client lost his live during the ethnic riot
between all the oil companies and the Ijaw Youth Movement in Niger Delta the
south, south in Delta State of Nigeria

I am making this contact to inform you that the time has come for you to put
your claim to repatriate the sufferings of my client back home, the money
left behind before the bank Union Bank (Nig) PLC will includes it as part of
their reserved capital receipt in their unclaimed accumulated dividends
revenue as the bank directors has issued me an ultimatum to provide his next
of kin within this fiscal year or have the account declares as such. But
this is not their real motive as similar accounts that had been so declared
were soon diverted to their personal accounts for their selfish uses.

This money in question is $18,700,000;all other documents of my client
including his banking informations will be forwarded to you to enable you
to put up your claim directly to the Foreign Operation Manager who is in
charge foreign transfer. Since all my efforts in locating the decease
relatives this past years has proved abortive hence my resolve to seek your
consent in other topresent you as his next of kin.

All I require is your honest that after this money get into your nominated
bank account you will give me $2,000,000,00 (two million dollars) for
appreciation of assisting you.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me by my email for more details if you are
interested and also forward to me your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.

Waiting for your positive response.

Best Regards,
Mr.Tunde Lemo.





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