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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: akokotus1000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:58:21 +0100
Subject: FRIENDSHIP

FROM THE CHAMBERS OF EGO BEN & CO.CONFIDENCIAL EMAIL-ego2_ben2000@yahoo.co.in

Dear Sir/Ma,

I am Barrister ego ben I am the personal attorney to late
Engineer A.Vigil,an
American from Ogden,Uttah,USA who worked with shell
Development company
in Nigeria.Herein after shall be referred to as my client.
On April 21,
1999,my client,his wife, and their three children were
involved in a car
accident along Shagamu express way.All occupants of he
vehicle unfortunately
lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to
locate any of
my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
trace you over the
internet.I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the
money and property
left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or
declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,
particularly the FIRST
BANK PLC. Where the deceased had an account valued at ($24
Million US Dollars)
and I have been Issued a notice to provide the next of kin.
Or have the
account confiscated within the next ten official working
days.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over Two years
now,hence 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 ($24Million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you
and the sharing
ratio I suggest should be as follows:60%
for me and 40% to you.

As an attorney I will revalidate and notarize all the
necessary legal __document__s
that will be used to back you up in this claim. All I
require is your honesty
and maximum co-operation 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.

Know you that the change of ownership Certificate will
notorised at the
Court of law here in Nigeria to bear your name and that
authomatically makes
you the bonafide beneficiary of the late Alexander Vigil.



Best Regards,
Barrister EGO BEN .

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