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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: tombello19@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:21:48 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT

From the desk of:
Mr.Tom Bello
Owena bank ltd
Lagos,Nigeria.
Dear Sir
I am Mr.Tom Bello,Bank Manager of Owena bank ltd,Lagos
Branch.I got
your contact from the world trade center (WTC) Regional
office in
lagos,Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was not
made known
to
them.Actually,I listed your name amongst four other names &
prayed over
them
& decided to contact you directly.I have a very urgent &
confidential
bussiness proposition for you & for our overall mutual
interest. On
june
6 1997,an American oil consultant/contractor with the
Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation Mr Barry Kelly made a numbered
time(fixed)
deposit for twelve calendar months,valued at
USD$25,000,000.00(twenty
five
million dollars) in my branch.Upon maturity,i sent a
routine
notification
to his forwarded address but got no reply.After a month we
sent a
reminder,& finally we discovered from his contract
employers NNPC,that
Mr.Barry died in an automobile accident.On further
investigation,i
found
out
that he did not leave a WILL & all attempts to trace his
next
of kin were fruitless.I therefore made further
investigation &
discovered that Mr.Barry did not declare any next of kin in
all his
official
documents,including his bank deposit paperwork. This sum
USD$25,000,000.00 is still floating in the bank and the
interest is
being
rolled over
with the principal sum at the end of each year.No one will
come forward
to claim it.According to Nigerian Laws, At the expiration
of 7
years,the money will revert to the ownership of the
Nigerian government
if
nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently,my proposal
is that i
will
like you as a foreigner to stand in as a next of kin of Mr
Barry
Kelly.This is simple 1)I will like you to provide me
immediately with
your
full names & address so that the attorney will prepare the
necessary
documents & affidavits,which will put you as next of kin.
2)We shall
employ
the services of two attorneys for drafting & notarization
of the WILL
and obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/admi
nistration in your favour for the transfer. 3)A bank
account in any
part of the world,which you will provide to facilitate the
transfer of
this money to you as the beneficiary.The money will be paid
into your
account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40%
for
you.There
is
no risk at all as the attorney and my position will do the
paperwork
for this transaction as the branch manager guarantees the
successful
execution of this transaction.If you are interested,please
reply
immediately via this private email
address;(tombello19@sify.com).
Upon your response,I shall then
provide you with more details and relevant documents that
will help you
understand.PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY,and be
rest assured
that
this would be most profitable for both of us because i
shall require
your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your
urgent
reply via this email above,please save me the anxiety of
endless
waiting.
God bless you.
Mr.Tom Bello
Owena bank ltd.
Lagos,Nigeria.
Please reply to this my private email
account;(tombello19@sify.com)


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