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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: frank_ideh3@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 05:20:11 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?VERY=20URGENT=20PLEASE?=


DEAR SIR,

I am MR. FRANK. IDEH,a attorney at law .I am the only registered Attorney
to Late MR.PAUL JOHNSON, who Was the president of WEST AFRICAN PETROLEUM
DESTINATION INVESTIGATION FORUM {WADPIF}, setup
by the WEST AFRICAN PETROLEUM NATIONS from 1996-2000.Before another elected
president took over till date.

During his time before his death,I was incharge of monitoring the fund deposited
in abroad.There was some amount we deposited with the GLOBAL SECURITY COMPANY{EUROPE}.Which
was not disclosed to the members of the organisation.Since his death,I have
been looking for someone to enable us claim this fund from this Security
Company before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security
Company where this huge deposit was lodged.This secret is between both of
us alone and noboby is aware of this fund.

This fund is valued at USD15M and the bank has issued a notice to me already
to provide the next of kin or have the account Confiscated within the next
twenty official working days.
Now, I have contacted you to assist in claiming this fund since you are
a foreigner.That would give me much advantage to prepare you as the true
next of kin{beneficiary} to my late client. I now seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin so that this fund would be transfer into your account.I
will prepare you as the next of kin and give instruction to the Security
Company to release this fund to you since I am the attorney to the organisation
and his personal attorney and the head of the monitoring fund deposited
abroad in the organisation.

If you agree, we can discuss your percentage. I have all necessary Legal
documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.It must be very
strickly confidential between both of us alone.when this fund gets into
your account,i will be coming to meet you to enable me defend it in your
bank as the only personal attorney to my client and also the only REGISTERED
ATTORNEY TO THE WEST AFRICAN PETROLEUM DESTINATION INVESTIGATION FORUM {WADPIF}.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal Through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement That
will protect you from any breach of the law.

Awaiting your response.
YOU CAN ALSO REACH ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL:frankideh_barrister@yahoo.com

Best regards,
BARR. FRANK IDEH




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