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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: barristercherich@tiscali.it
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 21:35:39 -0700
Subject: I await your positive reply.

MESSRS CHEKWA RICHAD & CO.
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
(EQUITY CHAMBERS)
25 ALOF STREET IKOYI
LAGOS-NIGERIA
PRIVATE EMAIL:chekwarich01@hotmail.com

Dear friend,
With due respect and humility, i have this singular honour to write
you.I am barrister Chekwa Richard,A Solicitor and personal Attorney to
DR.ROBERT GILBERT,a citizen of your country resident here in Nigeria West
Africa.He was a director in finance department of Shell Petroleum Development
Company hereinafter referred to as my client.My client transacted with
DIAMOND BANK LTD for so many years and was one of their richest customers
who operated a 15yrs life scheme welfare plan with added value of over
200% in addition to full payment of plan value.This plan enables him save
for old age incase of sudden death or permanent incapacitation.The value
of this account is Fourteen million British Pounds Sterling (14million GBP).Unfortunately,
he died last 5 years in a car accident along ibadan express road without
leaving any heir behind.My client also was engaged in oil deals with some
government top people in some other West African countries like TOGO,LIBIA
and CAMEROUN and no other person knew of this account he had with the above
bank before his untimely death.Since then,I have been monitoring this accounts
hence my client has no any heir.Several enquiries to his embassy failed
totally to locate any member of his extended family. Hence after these
unsuccessfull enquiries i decided to use this opportunity to help myself
instead of retiring the fund into government account or forfeiting it to
the bank.(1)The Nigerian law states that any such account above 4 years
should be bequeathed to an individual or organisation for humanitarian works.(2)the
law allows such bank to pay out the money to an individual or organization
for charitable works.In fact two of my colleagues successfully rehabilitated
themselves by appropriating such abandoned accounts and that is exactly
what I want to do in order to raise fund to rehabilitate myself.I have
contacted my friend who is a manager in the claims department of that bank
and he has assured me of every cooperation in moving out the fund if I
could present a foriegn partner to whom the bank could bequeath the money
for charity.The financial laws of Nigeria is liberal in this respect as
it permits the banks to bequeath such abandoned bank accounts to individuals
or organizations that will use the fund for charitable courses.Also,the
bank's by-law, stipulates that monies from such accounts should be donated
to organizations or individuals who will use it for same purpose.I am saying
all this so that you will know your participation in this project is within
the law.
In view of the forthgoing,I am therefore contacting you to solicit for
your coperation so that you could be presented as the individual to whom
this money will be bequeathed.I propose a 50/50 sharing formular between
you and me.This project will be executed to protect you from any breach
of law.
If you accept to offer your cooperation in this proposal,please reach
me urgently through the above email address or email chekwarich01@hotmail.com
to enable us finalize modalities for the execution of the project.You should
also provide me with your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication.

I await your positive reply.

Best Regards,
CHEKWA RICHARD
(PARTNER)


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