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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: bubaazeez2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 07:25:01 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Attn=3AKing/I=20Need=20Your=20Trust?=

STANDARD INVESTMENT TRUST BANK,
INVESTMENT HOUSE,
40 MARINA STREET,LAGOS ISLAND
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
Email:bubaazeez@zipmail.com.br

Dear King,

I am Mr.Buba Azeez an Accountant with Standard Investment Trust Bank.I am
the account officer to ENGR.Mark.A.King,a national of your country,who used
to work with shell petroleum Development Company in Nigeria as the Chief
Engineer.Who had an account valued at us$18 million dollars with our
bank.He named his wife,as the next of kin.


Unfortunately,two of them were involved in a recent motor accident along
Lagos/Abeokuta express road.Effort had been made by the management of our
Bank through Your Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased relatives
but to no avail,as we were made to understand that the couple had no child
owing to the skeletal information available to the Bank,it has so far been
impossible to reach any of the relatives.

I therefore decided to trace his relatives over the Internet,to locate any
member of his family but of no avail,hence I contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money that belong to my late client before they get confiscated
or declared unserviceable by our bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

The Bank has issued me a notice today 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 elatives since the incident occurred.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased,so
that the proceeds of this account valued at $18 million dollars can be paid
to your account and and then we can share the amount, Because of your involvement
and cooperation you will take 50% while i will take 50%.

Kindly forward to me the following for easy communication;YOUR FULL NAME
AND ADDRESS AND ALSO YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction
through.All modalities to enable you get the funds will be carefully worked
within the due process of the law of the federal republic of nigeria.On
receiving your consent to this proposal,I Will provide you with details
of how this transaction will be achived.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law.If this proposal is not
acceptable to you please disregard it.

Best Regards,

Mr.Buba Azeez.




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