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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: "First Inland Bank Plc." <info.finbnknig@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.finbnkplc.nig@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:12:30 +0200
Subject: Re: Are you aware of Mr. Morrison Law?



FIRST INLAND BANK NIG PLC
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND UNIT
VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS-NIGERIA .
DATE: 31/09/2009.

Our Ref: Your Outstanding Payment. Your Ref: .....................

Attn: Sir/Madam

Following the protest of the International Community, The World
Bank,IMF on debt owed to foreigners coupled with the instruction by
the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria that all outstanding
foreign debts especially Contract/inheritance payments should be
released to the respective beneficiaries forth with . Meanwhile the
National Assembly {Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriation} has
given us instruction to transfer your fund as well with estimate value
at Seven Million Five Hundred United States Dollars only($7.5M USD).

As regards to the above,your name appeared among the beneficiaries who
will receive a part-payment of Seven million and Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars{US$7.500,000 Million) and it has been gazetted
and approved for payment by the Federal Ministry of Finance but one
Mr.Morrison Law came to our department few days ago with a letter
claiming to be your true representative. He submitted an account
information to the office for transfer of the fund payment credit to
him as your inheritor of the fund stated herein.

Please do reconfirm to this Office as a matter of urgency if this man
is from you so that we will not be held responsible for paying into a
wrong account name/beneficiary .However we will proceed to issue all
payment details to the said Mr.Morrison Law if we do not hear from you
as soon as possible.

We sincerely apologize for all your past experience/delayed in paying
your fund to your account .

Thanks.

Mr.Bello Krifi Esq.
Legal Adviser/Company Secretary.
First Inland Bank Nig Plc.


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