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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: charlesgani@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:07:16 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?AWAITING=20YOUR=20URGENT=20RESPONSE=2E?=

Gani chambers(LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
Suite 9-14th IBB Building,
T. B. S. Normal Williams Street,
Ikoyi - Lagos. Nigeria.
E-mail: charles_gani01@hotmail.com



Dear,

I am Gani Faweh, a legal Solicitor. I was the Personal Attorney and legal
adviser to Mr. Graham Goddard, a national of your country, who used to work
with Mobil oil Company here in Nigeria. On the 7th of April 2003, my client,his
wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along
Imo Express Road, all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their
lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over
the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence
I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get impounded by the bank, Particularly,
STANDARD TRUST BANK NIG PLC. where the deceased had deposited the fund valued
at about nine million, five hundred thousand united states dollars($U.S9.5million).The
bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated/impounded before the next six months.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years
now, I seek for your consent to present you as the next to the deceased
since you are having the same last names.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary Information
and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from
you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through.I
guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.Please reply me to my private
mail box: charles_gani01@hotmail.com

Contact me immediately to enable us discuss further.
Best Regards

Gani.C.Faweh.






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