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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: amike04 ayom4 <ayom05@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:54:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: INFORMATION REQUEST TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY- POSTMA


Barrister O. Ike Ayomi
The Principal Partner
Unity Chambers
No.10 Rue Avenida,
Lome-Togo
E-mail;unitychamber@lawyer.com


Atten Dear Zeegers
I am Barrister Obi Ike Ayomi , Attorney ID 7740701, and the Personal lawyer to Engr.J.C. Postma a foreigner who used to work with Shell International Republic of Togo, Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.

As it may interest you to know, l got your contact through FORIGNERS INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY (FID)in Lome-Togo as I was going through the family name directories. I decided to contact you in order to handle genuine business magnitude without any problem.
On the 21st of April 2002,my client,his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode expressway while arriving from a Holiday to Lome.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then, I have made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$10.5m,(Ten million and five hundred thousand United States Dollars),left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where his amount were deposited. The said Security Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent name to present as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 45% of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 50% will be for me. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Sincerely,

Barrister O. I. Ayomi
(Attorney ID 7740701)











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