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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: Daniel Koku <daniel_koku@email.ro>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 06:19:42 +0300
Subject: Enquiry




Dear Sir,

I am Barrister Daniel Koku,an Attorney at law, and Personal lawyer to one
Engineer,a citizen of your country who used to work with Shell petrolum
company
in my my country,Here in after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 2nd of june,2001,my client,his wife and their two children were
involved in a car accident along Shagamu expressway while arriving from a
Holiday.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since
then,I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my
client’s
extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.I am contacting you
to
assist in claiming the sum of US$12.2 million ,which the deceased deposited
with a Safekeeping Company for safety.

Athough the safekeeping company did not know the actual contents in the trunk
box because it was declared as a family Diplomatic documents and valueables.

The Safekeeping Company in has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin
of my late client or have the deposit with them declared an “Abandoned
Property” through the laid down legal procedures within one Month.Since I have
been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year now,I
therefore,seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
so that the proceed of this deposit valued at US$12.2 million can be released
to you,and I and you can share the money at an agreed proportion.

You will be required to open a new Bank account in where you will pay in the
money when it is released to you by the Safekeeping Company before my arrival
in your country for sharing. Upon your acceptance to this proposal,the
information of the Safekeeping Company will be furnished to you so that you
establish a contact with them and inform them of your readiness to come and
claim the deposit with them.

Every secret informations relating to the deposit will be given to you which
you shall use to identify yourself as the next of kin of my late client.Please
as soon as I see your interest towards this very deal I will forward to you
all
the required secret informations which they Safekeeping company knows that it
can not be handle by a wrong person for the claim.

I awaits towards your positive response.

Regards,

Daniel Koku.
Altanative Email:daniel_koku@yahoo.ca
















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