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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: thompsonfrank22@handbag.com
Reply-To: thompsonfrank22@voila.fr
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 03:12:01 -0800
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Thompson Frank & Associate Chambers
Beaufort House
15 St Botolph Street
London
EC3A 7EE
London

Dear sir/madam

I am Thompson Frank, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.Robert
Norton who used to work with Oil and Gas Investing in Uk (London).On the
September 11th,2001, his wife and their three children were involved in
a Plan Crash You can view the website in (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/AA11.
victims.html) Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the
Plan Crash. Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to
locate any of my client?s 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 to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client
in BANK (Europe) Particularly, the deceased deposited the US$15.5 Million
(Fifteen Million five hundren thousand United States Dollars only)In the
bank abroad.
Consequently, this bank issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin to
claim the US$15.5 Million (Fifteen Million five hundred thousand United
States Dollars only) in their custody within the next ten official working
days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over
3years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased to claim the fund as the Next of Kin
to him so that the fund will be transferred to your account by the bank
In Londo.
Upon your interest and williness to help, both of us will make agreement
on the sharing % of this fund before I commence on this funds on your name
as the next of Kin to Mr/Mrs.Robert Norton.
As you may like to know Mr./MrsRobert Norton was a retiree from Lubec in
U.S All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal
through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Reply ASAP Email: barristerthompsonfrank@walla.com
Best regards.
Barrister Thompson Frank


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