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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: "Andy Smith" <andysmith_firms@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:48:42 +0000
Subject: PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE

FROM BARRISTER Andy Smith
OF Smith & CO CHAMBERS
LAGOS-NIGERIA


Dear Friend,

I am Barr. Andy Smith, An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate Of
Nigeria (SAN).I am the personal Attorney to Late Engr.Douglas Orr, A
National
of your country, who used to work with Chevron Development Company in
Nigeria. Herein after shall be referred to as my Client. My client then
decided to invest in another lucrative business by importing Textiles
and Automobiles in the Benin Republic from another neighbouring country
here in Africa.

On one of my clients numerous trips was unsuccessful as my client and
his family died in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing 727 UTA
chartered flight that took off from Cotonou,Republic of Benin and
crashed into the Atlantic ocean on Thursday, 25 December 2003. And about 111
passengers were killed. For details of the plane crash, please visit:

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash

Since then I have made several inquires to the Embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After
These several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property Left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared
Unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank manager where the deceased had an account valued
at about (US$12.5m) twelve Million Five Hundred United States Dollars
has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or Have the Account
confiscated within the next 21 working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some months now,I then seek
your
consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you
have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at
(US$12.5M)twelve Million Five Hundred United States Dollars can be paid to
you and then you and i can share the money,

All necessary legal documents will be in place 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 a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
Law.Please
do get in touch with me
through this mailbox: andysmith_firms@yahoo.co.uk

For more details, once I have your consent and trust then we can
proceed immediately. Your anticipated response is urgently needed.
Yours Faithfully,

Barr. Andy Smith(Esq.) LLB (HONS) BL. smith & Co.
Principal Partner

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