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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: "James H. Semenitari" <jhsemenitari01@handbag.com>
Reply-To: jhsemenitari01@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:55:12 -0800
Subject: Compliments of the season



FROM THE DESK OF
JAMES HENRY SEMENITARI
AFRIBANK NIGERIA PLC
LAGOS

I am Dr.James Henry Semenitari, General Manager of Afribank
Nigeria Plc.. I have an urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you.

On December 1999, a British Oil consultant/contractor with
the Ministry of Solid Minerals,Paul burner, made a
numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months,
valued at US$15,600,000.00 (Fifteen Million six Hundred Dollars)
in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to
his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Ministry of Solid Minerals that Mr. Paul
Burner died along with is wife Mrs. Barbara Burner in a
plane crash .

On further investigation, I found out that he died without
making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin
was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Paul Burner did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$15.6m is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over
with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will
ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of the
land, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will
revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to
Mr. Paul Burner so that the fruits of this old man's labour
will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials.

This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full
names and address so that the attorney will prepare the
necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place
as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of an attorney
for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary
documents and letter of probate/administration in your
favour for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the
world that you will provide will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of 80% for me, 15% for you, and 5% for any expense
we may encounter at the course of the transactor, including emails,
phone and fax bills. This will be deducted before the onward sharing.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the attorney and my position as the Manager guarantees the successful
execution of this transaction.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via email. Upon your response,
I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents
that will help you understand the transaction. Please send
me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be
rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable
for both of us because I shall require your assistance to
invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply, and thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Dr.James Henry Semenitari



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