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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: pauleze01@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:26:34 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent.....

PAUL EZEOBI AND CO.
FROM THE DESK OF LAWYER PAUL EZEOBI.
Reply only to:(pauleze01@echina.com)

I am Barrister PAUL EZEOBI, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and a resident
of Alaska, who used to work with Chevron Oil Producing Company in Nigeria.Here
in after shall be referred to as my client, who unfortunately lost his
life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crahsed on January
31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You shall read more news
about the crash on visiting this site;
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>
and <http://www.alaskaair.com/E_latest.asp>.


Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate
any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After!
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track over the Internet,
to locate
any member of his family or relative hence I contacted you. I have contacted
you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$22.7 million Left behind
by my client before it get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
Finance
Firm where this huge amount was deposited. The said Finance Company has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated
in the next six months.For the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating

the relatives since then I seek your consent to present you as the next
of kin to the deceased, since you have the same last name withmy client,
so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
percentage that is comming to me after the money is been creditted in your
chosen account and the! modalities for transfer. I can assist in procuring
the
necessa ry information and legal documents that may be needed to actualise
this proposal.All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable
us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.{Please reply to(pauleze01@echina.com)

PLEASE VIEW THE WEBSITE:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html>

Regards.
BARR.PAUL EZEOBI


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