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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: olegasdugar@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:06:47 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20OF=20KIN=20?=

Barrister.Olegas Dugar & Co. Chambers
Solicitors & Advocates.
06 BP 1409 Akpakpa Dodomey,
Cotonou - Benin Republic.
Tel:+229-449-012

Kindly comply with this development,

I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this mail,if the contents
does not meet with your personal and business ethics,I appologise in advance.I
am Barrister Olegas Dugar, the Personal Attorney to late Mr Edward K. Dermessonoglou,
who was a contractor with emelite gold mining company here in Benin. And
on the 3rd of Oct 2000, my client,and his family were perished in a ghastly
car accident along Midombo Togo express way.But my client made a fixed deposit
valued at (USD$9.8M) and upon the maturity this bank started contacting
him but no response. Conseqently, the bank issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confiscated after four years, as the
law of this land says.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. Since
i have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two years now
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased,so
that the proceeds of this account valued at $9.8M can be paid to you and
then you and me can share the money. I know that you might be wondering
why i have decided to trust you with this huge sum, but the truth is that
i need you to get this money out and considering the fact that you are a
foreigner which makes it a lot easier and straight forward.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me
to enable us discuss further about this claim.

Best regards,
Yours attorney at law
Barrister Olegas Dugar






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