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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: frankdennis234@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 02:29:48 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20REPLY?=

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Dear Sir,

This is after proper consideration that e-mail correspondence may be the
best medium to contact you. There is this contract payment of Fifteen Million
Dollars (US$15,000,000) which is due for payment in favor of a German farmer
and a major contractor in my ministry-Mr. Wolfgan Schinister, a contractor
with my ministry, Nigerian National petroleum corporation (NNPC), he executed
the contract of pipeline renovation in the sector of Oil & Gas. The payment
exercise is presently going on at the moment and tremendous efforts have
been made to inform the beneficiary Mr.Schinister about the on going payment
exercise to no avail. Rather reports reaching us following series of inquiries
so far to keep Mr. Schinister posted regarding the on going payment exercise
disclosed that the honorable Contractor was among victims of recent plane
crash in gonnez-France that left 193 passengers on board dead owing to skeletal
information available.

However, I urge you to please present yourself and
stand as a distant relation to the diseased contractor in order to receive
the contract entitlement as the next of kin to the bonafide-beneficiary-Mr
Schinisterhence, the contract review committee has resolved to revert the
funds to national purse in favor of the Ministry as soon as the payment
exercise is over.

Consequently, please understand that this solicitation
of your kind gesture for in claiming the contract payment as the beneficiary's
next of kin is to enable two of us share the money after the business has
been completed successfully. Be informed that every required modality that
will enable the actualization of this business transaction has being setin
motion using my contacts, Connections and Goodwill to ensure that the money
will be successfully paid to you.

Upon my receipt of your response confirming your
willingness to assist me actualized this dream, I will commence the processing
of vital documentation that will proof pose you as the beneficiary. I am
willing to give you 30% of the total money as your share of the business,while
10% as miscellaneous. For further details/clarification. you are advised
to reply immediately to enable me ascertain your accordance with this arrangement.


Regars,
Mr Frank Dennis
Alternate Email:frankdennis_nnpc@mail.com








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