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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: jom777@handbag.com
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:24:13 -0700
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?

From the Desk of:Mr.John Mike
{GM, Corporate and Investment
Banking Division (South)}
Fleet International Bank Plc, Nigeria.


Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.John Mike,General Manager, Corporate and Investment Banking
Division(South)with Fleet nternational Bank plc,Lagos-Nigeria.I came to
know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company to handle
a confidential transaction on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.As a matter
of fact, I got your information from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry/Nigerian Export Promotion Council.

l write in respect of a foreign customer with A/C
Number:14-2558-2004,who unfortunately lost his life in
the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31
2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.

You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this
site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/ alaska.airlines.list/ The owner of
this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and
a resident of Alaska.

Since the death of this our customer Mr. Morris Thompson, I have kept a
close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts since then.

Nobodyhas come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to
the late Mr. Morris Thompson. The total amount in the account US$12.5 million
and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account. It is only an insider,the accountowner
or a next of kin who has information about the account that could produce
the Code or password of the deposit particulars.

Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner.

As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the neededinformation
other than my very self-considering my position in the bank.Based on the
fact that Mr. Thompson's family perished in the same flight accident, leaving
no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of kin,so I am seeking for
your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to late Thompson, and
arrange for the release of the funds to your honour for our mutual benefit.

If there is more delay in moving this money out, this money will be pushed
to the Treasury of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 70-30%.You shall
have 30% of the funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the
bank.I hope this is a fair sharing?

I look forward to hearing from you urgently so that we can proceed accordingly.I
wait for your urgent response.this is my private e-mail (mi_joh@movemail.com)

Thanks and best Regards.

Mr John Mike

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