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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: fredsowah@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 01:53:59 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BEST=20REGARDS=20=20=23?=

Mr.Fedrick Sowah
Branch Manager Diamond Bank plc
Wharf Road, Apapa Lagos.
DEAR Friend,

I am Mr.Fedrick Sowah, Bank Manager of Diamond Bank Plc,Lagos
Branch. I have
urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.I
got your contact
from the world trade cente (W.T.C.) regional office in
Lagos, Nigeria although
the details of my intention was not made known to them. On
June 6 1999,An
American oil consultant / contractor with the Nigerian
National Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time (fixed)
deposited for
twelve calendar months valued at US$25,500,000.00 (Twenty
Five Million five
hundred thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I
sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month,
we sent a reminder and finally rediscovered from his
contact employers Nigerian
National Petroleum corporation that Mr. Barry Kelly died
from an automobile
accident. On further investigation, I found out that he did
not leave a
WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless. I therefore
made further
investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly did not
declare any next
of kin in
all his official documents,including his Bank Deposit
paperwork. This sum
of US$25,500,000.00 is still sitting 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. A ccording to the Nigerian Law,
at the expiration
of 6 six)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 the next of kin
to Mr. Barry
Kelly so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not
get into the
hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple:
- 1. I will
like you to provide me immediately with your full names and
address so that
the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits,which will
put you in place as the next of kin. 2. We shall employ the
services of
two attorneys for drafting and notarization of the WILL and
obtain the necessary
documents and letter of probate /administration in your
favour for the transfer.
3.A bank account in any part of the world,which you
provide, will then facilitate
the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary / next
of kin of Mr.Barry
Kelly. The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio
of 70% for me and 5% for unforseen expenses we might incure
in the transaction
and 20% you as the account owner/partner. There is no risk
at all the pape
work for this transaction will be done by the attorney and
my position
as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution
of this transaction.If
you are interested, please reply immediately via the
private email address:-
so_fr_fr_fred@yahoo.co.uk Upon your response, I shall then
provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you
understand. Please rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable for
both of us because
I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your
country.

Thanks and regards,

Mr.Fred Sowah.
so_fr_fr_fred@yahoo.co.uk



Head office is at Plot 1261, Adeola
Hopewell Street, Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria.







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