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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: "Issa Mohammed" <issamohammed@702mail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 03:57:42 +0100
Subject: HELLO.

Hello.

I will like to solicit your help in a business
proposition, which is by nature very confidential
and a Top Secret. I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one worried and apprehensive
but I am assuring you not to worry, as all will be
well at the end of this endeavor.

I am Mr. Issa MOHAMMED, Client Service Manager of African
Development Bank Group. My partners and I have
decided to seek your help in transfer of some amount of
money requiring maximum confidence from my bank.

A foreigner, Late Dr. Edward Marples who was an oil
merchant and contractor with the Federal Government
of Nigeria until his death onboard the ill fated Kenyan
Airways bus {A310300} was our customer at the
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK and had a balance of US$32 million
which the bank now expects his next of kin to claim
as the beneficiary.

So far, valuable efforts has been made to get to his
people but to no avail, as he had no known
relatives.
More because he left his next of kin column in his
account opening forms blank. Due to this development
our management and the board of directors are making
arrangements for the funds to be declared unclaimed
and subsequently paid into the federal government
purse. Usually, funds of this nature end up in the
greedy pockets of some politicians due to our
corrupt society.

To avert this negative development my colleagues and
I have decided to look for a reputable person to act
as the next of kin to late Dr. Marples so that the
funds could be processed and released into his account,
which is where you come in.

We shall make arrangement with a qualified and
reliable attorney that will represent you in
liaising with my bank for inconveniency of you coming to my
country. All legal documents to aid your claim for
this fund and to prove your relationship with the
deceased will be provided by us. Your help will be
appreciated with 20% of the total sum
(US$6,400,000).

Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence and
disregard this letter if you do not appreciate this
proposition I have offered you. Thank you very much
for your time.

I wait anxiously for your response.

Yours faithfully,

Issa MOHAMMED

NB.You can also check this website for news story
about the crash two years ago.
http://www.usafricaonline.com/aircrashkenya.

From the desk of Issa Mohammed
Client Service Manager African Development Bank Nigeria
desk.
Web Fax:+ 1-775-383-2732
Date:3rd January 2004.

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