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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: baris_jameslawal@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:15:09 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTENTION=20SIR/MA?=

BARR.BARIS JAMES LAWAL(SEQ)
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ALTERNATIVE E-MAIL.(misturaanita2000@yahoo.com)
TEL:-234-1-4745667
FAX:-234-1-757877
I WISH TO SEEK FOR YOUR CONSENT
Attn:Sir
I am barrister.james lawal (Esq) a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr. Mark , a national of your country, who use to work with shell Development
Company in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On
the 21st of April 2002,my client, his wife and their three Children were
involved in a car accident along Sagbama express-road. All occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several
enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives
this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the citi
trust finance & security company where the deceased had an account valued
at about $20.5million United States dollars has issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen
official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at $20.5million dollars can be paid to you and then you and Me can
share the money 60% to me and 40% to you 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 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. And I will like you to
treat this as most urgent so that we willreceive this money at this first
quarter of the Year. Please get in touch with me Immediately on my direct
mobile telephone number:234-1-4745667 or via my alternative e-mail address
(misturaanita2000@yahoo.com) for more details.

Thanks for your co-orperations.
Best regards,
BARR.JAMES LAWAL ESQ.)



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