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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: "Usman Bello" <usmanbello@belloworldsite.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 06:03:39 +0000
Subject: TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET

I am Barr. Usman Bello, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to
late Mr.Chapman the African Area Director of SIL International, who
unfortunately died in the crash of Kenya Airways Flight 431 in Abidjan,
Ivory Coast, January 30 2000.

You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this
website,news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2000/kenya2000.html and also in
this website, where Chapman's company talked about his death in the Kenya
crash. You shall as well find the pictures of Chapman and his wife there.
Mr. Chapman Hailed from United States Of America.

Since the death of Chapman, I as his personal attorney, have made several
enquiries to locate his only surviving relation, without any success. I came
across your name and contact on the course of my personal searching for
Chapman's relations, so I decided to contact you for this project to know if
you are the Next Of Kin to Late Chapman and his family.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left
behind in a fixed deposit account by Chapman, before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by Eco Bank Plc where my client operates an account
worth $USD7.5Million Dollars. The board of Eco Bank Plc has issued me a
notice that after 2 months from now and no next of kin shown up for the
claiming of the said funds, the funds will be confiscated and declared
unserviceable.

Since I and my team have been unsuccessful in locating Chapman's relatives
for sometime now,it on this note that I seek your consent to present you as
the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner,and have thesame
last name,so that the proceed of this deposit valued at $USD7.5 Million
Dollars can be released to you for our disbursments.

Upon the receipt of the following,i will make sure i submit them to the
Central Computing Unit of the Bank as the Next Of Kin to my late client:

1.Your Full Name as stated in your international passport.

2. Your residence address, age and occupation.

3. Your Cell Phone and Fax Numbers for easier communication.

I have worked out the modalities for the prosecution of this transaction
which has met all necessary requirements in our country and those of
international arbitration.

All i require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this business
successfully. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement which will protect you from any breach of the law.
Chapman was a very good man and it is not wise for me to allow his hard
earned wealth to be stolen by the greedy directors of Eco Bank Plc. Further
details awaits your response by email.

PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.

Regards,

Barr.Usman Bello. (Esq).


Call Me +234-1-4754800



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