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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: dan_imo@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 04:29:26 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?your=20urgent=20response=20=20virus?=

From:Barrister dan imo
No 59 calcuta cresent
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
REPLY THROUGH MY ALTANATIVE MAIL ADDRESS
(E:Mail: dan_imo_2000@yahoo.com

Dear virus,

I am Barrister dan imo ,a solicitor at law. the personal attorney to late
Mr.jim virus,the African Area Director of SIL International, who unfortunately
died in the crash of Kenya airways Flight 431 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January
30 2000,Mr jim virus,Hailed from Hamilton,Ontario Canada.

Since the death of Mr jim virus,I as his personal attorney I have made several
enquiries to locate his only surviving relation without any success i came
across your name and contact on the course of my personal searching for
jim's relations, so I decided to contact you for this project.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left
behind in a fixed deposit account by, jim before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by a finance house where my client operates a fixed
deposit account worth $USD18.5 Million Dollars.

The board of finance house has issued me a notice that after 2 months from
now and no next of kin shown up for the claiming of the said funds, the
funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable. SinceI and my team
have been unsuccessful in locating jim's relatives for sometime now,it on
this note that I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of
the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceed of this deposit
valued at $USD18.5 Million Dollars can be released to you for our disbursments.

I and my team have agreed to offer you 45% of the total sum,opon sucessful
remittance of funds into your bank account,5% has been set aside to cover
all expeses incurred both local and international during the course of this
transfer.,while 50% will be for me and my team.All requiresis your honest
cooperation to enable us see this business successful.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
which will protect you from any breach of the law. jim was a very good man
and it is not wise for me to allow his hard earned wealth to be stolen by
the greedy directors of Finanace house.Further details awaits your response
by email.
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET. Do not hesitate to include your
full name and address,your private phone and fax number,your occupation,nad
age,
when replying this proposal.
Yours faithfully,
Barrister dan imo (Esq )




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