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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: jamesrotimi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:44:22 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?help=20asking=20for=20next=20of=20kin?=

ROTIMI CHEMBERS
LEGAL PRACTIONERS,ARBITRATORS AND NOTERY PUBLIC
PLOT 102 SOLWEING ESTATE
BUKINA FASO.


Dear Sir / Madam,

I am .James Rotimi (Esq.) a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to a
national of your country, who is an oil merchant in Burkina faso. On the
21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and their two children were involved
in a car accident along solweng Express Road, here in Burkina faso. All
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have
made several inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this
has proven unsuccessful.


After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet, but of no avail, hence I mandated my secretary to search
for any possible relative of my late clients in the Internet before the
bank get the account confiscated or declared unserviceable, the bank where
the deceased had an account valued at about USD$10.5 million (TEN MILLION,FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) The bank has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14 working days.
I then decided to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you
are from the same country and bear the same surname. The said amount will
be paid to you if you comply immediately with all the necessary documents
of the deceased in my possession. Immediately the money is paid to you,
60% of the total amount will be for me, 30% for you, while the remaining
10% should be for expenses or taxation as your government may required.

I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up our
claim. All I required from you is your honest co-operation and assistance
to enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. In other words, every document to affect this process
will emanate from my table and I will perfect every document to be in accordance
with the banking law and guidelines. So you have nothing to worry about,
because we have all the legal documents to back it up when the fund is finally
hits your chosen bank account.


Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk-free. Note that
the particular nature of your company's business is irrelevant to this transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, to assist me achieve this goal, please
endeavor to contact me through my private email addresss: soludocbnng@zipmail.com.br
for more clarification and understanding in regards to this transaction.


Best regards,

Barr.James Rotimi (Esq.)



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