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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: "Festus Agu" <festusagu2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerfestusagu@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 18:47:05 -0500
Subject: WITH TRUST





FROM BARRISTER FESTUS AGU CHAMBERS,
LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND PUBLIC NOTARY &
HIGH COURT REPRESENTATIVE
SUITE 202 OMEGA PLAZA, APAPA
LAGOS -NIGERIA.

ATTN Sir/Ma
It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a suprise.
This is because we have not met before but i am inspired to sending you
this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual
benefit to the two of us.
However, I am ,(Barrister festus agu) personal Attorney to the late
Engr.Steve Moore a national of Isle of Man in UK, who used to work with
Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) in Nigeria. On the 21st of
April 1996,my client,his wife And their three children were involved in
a
car accident along Sagamu/Lagos
Express Road. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of
the accident, Since then I have made several enquiries to several
Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
tracehisrelatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family
but of no
avail, hence I contacted you.
I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left
behind by my client,I can easily convince the bank with my legal
practice that you are the only surviving relation of my client.
Otherwise the
Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where
this huge deposits were lodged.Particularly, the Bank where the
deceased had an account valued at about $27million U.S dollars(twenty
seven million U.S.America dollars).Conseqently,The bank 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 unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over
several years now.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin
of
the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $27million
U.S dollars can be paid to your account and then you and me can share
the money. 55%to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or
tax
as your government may require.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable
us
see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under alegitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch
with
me by my
email,<barristerfestusagu@yahoo.com> ,to enable us discuss further.
Yours Faithfully,

Barrister FESTUS AGU


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