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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: barrpaulezeobiandco@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 03:31:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?LETTER?=

PAUL EZEOBI AND CO
FROM THE DESK OF LAWYER PAUL EZEOBI.
Email:ezeobiezeobi@yahoo.com


I am Barrister PAUL EZEOBI, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr. Adams Hampton, a national of your country, who used to work with
Chevron Oil Producing Company in Nigeria.Here in after shall be referred
to as my client. On the 25th of December 2003, my client,on the single reason
of visiting his inlaws.His wife{A LEBANESE} and their only daughter were
involved in a Plane crash on their way home for the holidays and were among
the 111 people confirmed dead.Since then I have made several inquiries to
your embassy here to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this
has also proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts,
I decided to track over the Internet, to locate any member of his family
or relative hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating
the fund valued at US$22.7 million Left behind by my client before it get
Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Firm where this huge
amount was deposited.


The said Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin
or have the account confiscated in the next six months.For the fact that
I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives since then I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds
of this account can be paid to you.


Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
percentage that is comming to me after the money is been creditted in your
chosen account and the modalities for transfer. I can assist in procuring
the necessary information and legal documents that may be needed to actualise
this proposal.All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable
us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.


Please do reply to: ezeobiezeobi@yahoo.com
PLEASE VIEW THE WEBSITE:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html

Regards.
Barr.Paul Ezeobi.



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