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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: musatukur@tiscali.it
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:24:58 +0100
Subject: urgent assistance please

urgent assistance please


Dear Sr,

I am an Accounting Officer with UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC,My name is Alhaji
Tukur Musa a Banker,I was the personal Accounting Managerto (engineer C.
Baker),a National of your country,who used to work with an OilServicing
Firm in Nigeria. who used to work with Eleme Construction &Development Company
here in Nigeria herein after shall be referred to as my client My client
was involved in the explosion in Lagos,Nigeria, on January27, 2002 which,
claim many lives and property. Unfortunately, my client losthis live in
that disaster that needed not to have happened.Since then I have made several
enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives
this has also proved unsuccessful,After these several unsuccessful attempts,I
decided to trace over the Internet to locate any reliable person who will
assist me and stand as next of kin to my client and my client family lawyer
will stand as your lawyer here over the transcation and everything will
work out smoothly as good plan.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,particularly the (UNION
BANK NIGERIA PLC),Where the deceased had an account Valued at($11.780mu.s
dollars) Eleven million seven hundred and eighty thousand u.s dollars has
Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin Or have the account confiscated
within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 9 months
now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
so that this account valued at ($11.780m u.s dollars) can be paid to you,the
sharing modality is till open and negociatable.All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this deal through,I guarantee that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.

Please contact through my alternative email:musa_2004@post.com

http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/020130Lagos3/

Best Regards,
Alhaji Alhaji Tukur Musa .



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