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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: jjjeryso@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:29:50 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend,

From Dr.Jerry Esso
Affrica Develoment
Bank Benin-Cotonou
Tel:+229-95 08 30
Fax:+229-331-88-10

Dear Friend,
I am the manager of Bill and Exchange at the Foreign Remmittance Department
Of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. I am writing following the impressive information
about you through an internet buisiness proposal.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $56.8, Us dollors (FIFTY
SIX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs
to one of our foriegn customer who died along with his entirer family in
25/DECEMBER/2003 Ref. No.:UNAMSIL/PIOR 056/2003 belonging to Union Transport
African (UTA) when it crashed off the coast of Cotonou, the country's capital
city.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the decease as indicated
in our banking guidlines and laws, but
unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died
along side with him at the plane clash leaving no body behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and I dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a beninois cannot stand
as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for
expenses incurred during the business and 60% will be for me. There after
I will visit your country for disbursment according to the
percentages indicated.
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arrange,you
must apply first to the bank as relation or next or kin of the deceased
indicating your bank name, your bank account, your private telephone and
fax number for easy and effective communication and
location where in the money will be remitted.
upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you by fax or email the text
of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business
is hicth-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter on
my private line Trusting to hear from you immediately.All correspondence
should be made through my aternative email address below.

Alternative email:(essojerry1960@mail.ru)
Yours faithfully,
Dr.Jerry Esso

N-B:This information should be kept top secret until you confirm the transfer
confirmation slip of the remittance,also advice that there is three legal
documents my bank will required that will state you as the true and bonafide
next of kin,if you are interested to assist me i will give you the details
on how we will obtain the said legal documents with the help of a legal
practitioner here.


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