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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: cliffordyaman5@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:05:33 -0800
Subject: Let's do this together.

Attention Please;

I am Clifford Yaman Aban with Akintola Williams Deloitte & Touche(AWD)
Nigeria, recently contracted to trace vault bank accounts.

Consequent Upon the rate at which bank executives move funds abroad,my
group A.W.Deloitte has been mandated by the present Government to carry

out rigorous
investigation/auditing on all Nigerian banks and report accounts that
has not been operated
for years for permanent closure and transfer of existing credit balance

into the treasury of Nigerian government.

On September 2004,we submitted a comprehensive list of 600 vault
accounts to CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. Almost all of these accounts
belonged to foreign indigenes.The continuing efforts of my group have
resulted in the discovery of additional vaults accounts that will be
submitted by January this year,2005.

On our discovery sheet are over 50 accounts for end-year submission.Out

of these,We have chosen to transfer a coded account of Engr.HAROLD
J.LAMB,with a credit balance of US $35,700,000.00 (Thirty Five million,

Seven hundred thousand United States dollars).The Account Holder,
Engr.HAROLD LAMB,died leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace

of next of kin.You may provide an existing account or open a fresh one
for this transfer. If you are willing,forward to us the information
below;

(1)Your full names, address, telephone/fax numbers .

Rest assured that this is not Drug money/Money Laundry or Terrorism.
Every other issue pertaining to tax in your Country would be duly taken

care of.

We have unanimously agreed to compensate you with 15% of the total
amount.80% returns to us, while 5% will be set apart for inheritance
expenses for both parties.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr Clifford Yaman Aban (CPA)
A.W.D & Touche
233,Ikorodu Road,
Lagos, Nigeria.


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