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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: mragu%coolgoose.commeReplyToAddress=mragu@coolgoose.com
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 05:11:14 -0800
Subject: Reply a.s.a.p


FROM MR.COLLINS AGU.
FOREIGN ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
STANDARD TRUST BANK (NIGERIA) PLC
LAGOS -NIGERIA.
E-mail:mragu@coolgoose.com

Dear friend,

I am the manager of Foreign Accounts Department of the Standard Trust Bank Plc. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this transaction. Wediscovered an abandoned Sum of US$20Million(Twenty Million U.S Dollars) in an account that belong to one of our foreign customer who died along side his entire family in November 1997 in a plane crash in Lagos.Since this development, we have advertised for his next kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money, but nobody came to apply for the claim.

To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this money. We need a foreign partner to apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner. And we dont want this money to go into the banks reasureas unclaimed fund.Every document to effect this process will emanate from my table and I will perfect every documents to be in accordance with the banking law and guidelines so you have nothing to worry about.

All we required from you is to open a local bank account with your name here in Lagos where the money is will be deposited,before onward transfer to your designated account abroad. we have agreed that 30% of the money will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred on the both side while 60% will be for my
colleagues and me.

If you are going to help me, indicate by replying this letter and putting in your bank particulars, private telephone and fax numbers.

I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earnest. Once I receive your reply, I will send you the text of application for immediate application of claim.

Thanks for your anticipated assistance.

Please indicate your interest only in my alternative private e-mail address:mragu@coolgoose.com

Your's faithfully,

Mr.Collins Agu.
Manager Foreign Accounts Dept.






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