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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: damilolasmith@centrum.cz
Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:46:54 -0800
Subject: YOUR INTIMATE BROTHER

Dear friend,

I am Mr.SMITH DAMILOLA an accountant with Eco bank Nigeria 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 my self as a matter of fact, I got your contact from a close associate of mine who
works with the Nigeria chamber of commerce and industry .He gave me the assurance that
you can be trusted to handle a transaction of this magnitude. A prosperous businessman
and a foreign contractor to shell oil Development Company here in Nigeria. Mr. A. ANTONIO
citizen of your country had in our Bank the sum of us$18m in a domiciliary account.
He named his wife, as the next of kin.

Unfortunately, two of them were involved in a recent motor accident along Lagos/Abeokuta
express road. Effort had been made by the management of my Bank through the Your Embassy
in Lagos to contact any of the deceased relatives but to no avail, as we were made to
understand that the couple had no child owing to the skeletal information available to
the Bank, it has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives.

The option left for the Bank management is to declare the deceased account dormant and
revert the fund to trading on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank in order to avoid
this development, my colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a
distant relative to Mr. and Mrs. A.ANTONIO so that the funds will be released to you.
All documents and proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully
worked out on our receiving your consent to this proposal, we would immediately obtain
for an order of mandamus from the Federal High court of justice on your behalf recognizing
you as a bonafide relative to the deceased and subsequent apply for the release of the funds
to you as the beneficiary, through the central Bank of Nigeria.

May I assure you that this transaction is 100 % risk free as we have taken care of all
necessary modalities to ensure a hitch free transaction. To this effect my colleagues and I
have agreed to compensate you with 30% of the total sum US$18m for your kind assistance i.e.
provisions of a nominated foreign account to accommodate the fund for us.

I will like you to forward your telephone and fax numbers for further

correspondence. reply should be sent to my alternate e-mail address:damilolasmith@hotmail.com

Best regards,

Mr.SMITH DAMILOLA

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