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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: "Adams Cole" <adcole@uboot.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: adcolecnb@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:31:51 +0000
Subject: My pleasure

Dublin,Ireland.


Dear friend,

This is a proposal in context but actually an
appeal soliciting for your unreserved assistance in consummating an
urgent transaction requiring maximum confidence. Though this approach
appears desperate,I can assure you that whatever questions you would
need to ask or any other thing you will need to know regarding this
proposal, will be adequately answered to give you a clearer
understanding of it so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.

My name is Mr Adams Cole a Senior Relations
Officer with the CHAMPAIGN NATIONAL BANK.A few years ago a Foreign
consultant/contractor with the Government, Mr ARTHUR SMITH an
American made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months, running into millions of Dollars in my
branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from his contract employers, that Mr ARTHUR
SMITH died in the Egypt Air Crash . On further investigation, I found
out
that he died without making a Will, and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr ARTHUR SMITH did not declare any next of kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
paperwork in our Bank.

From past experiences, I know that no one will ever come forward to
claim the deceased funds. According to Irish Banks Law at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the funds will be unclaimable and
revert to the ownership of the Ireland Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund. In order to avert this development, I in
conjunction with a colleague (the Chief Operating Officer in the
bank) now seek your permission to allow an attorney do a backdated WILL in
your name, so that the funds would be released to you as the new
owner (on behalf of me and my colleague).

We are writing you because,we can only be able to benefit from this fund to further our intended
investment purpose by using a front as insiders to get the money out.
Consequently, I will present you as the owner of the
funds so you can be able to claim them with the help of an attorney.

This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately your: FULL
NAME/FULL CONTACT ADDRESS/PHONE/FAX NUMBERS , so that an Attorney will
prepare the necessary documents which will put you in place as the
new owner of the funds. The money will then be released to your
custody by the bank, for us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and
30% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the Attorney whom we have briefed about
the transaction with a view to guarantee the successful execution of
this transaction. If you are interested and capable of handling this
transaction which might not take more than two weeks, please reply
immediately via my email address. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with
more details and further explanation that will help you understand
thetransaction.

No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please i imploy
you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of
us. Note also that we shall require your assistance to invest our
share in your country.

Buying of properties like houses, hotels etc)
This is why your urgent action and response is of priority to enable
Us conclude this transaction, as soon as possible. Awaiting your
urgent
Reply .


Thanks and regards.
Mr. Adams Cole

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