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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: victorumar@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 04:41:29 -0700
Subject: URGENT REPLY

DEAR SIR,

I am an Accountant with EZEOCHA TRUST BANK PLC(ETB) My name is VICTOR UMAR
a Banker, I am the personal Account Manager to Engineer A, GOINS a National
of your country, who used to work with Summit Oil company in Nigeria.Here
in after shall be refered to as my client On April 21, 2000, my client,
was involved in a car accident along Sagamu express way All occupants of
the vehicleunfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients
extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet,
to locate
any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to
assist inrepatriating the money and property left behind by my client before
they are declared
unserviceble by the EZEOCHA TRUST BANK PLC. Where the deceased had an account
Valued at about ($24 MillionUSDollars) has 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 unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek
your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you
have the
same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($24Million
U SDollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money.60%
to me, 30% to you. The remaining 10% will be used for all expensice that
we may incure.An attorney will be contracted to help us revalidate and notarize
all thenecessary 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 transaction
through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect
you from any breach of the law.

Alternative e-mail address: peteruzo@hotmail.com
Best Regards,
VICTOR UMAR


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