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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: kivt100@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:59:28 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?OMEGA=20BANK=20PLC?=

OMEGA BANK PLC
FALOMO SHOPPING COMPLEX
IKOYI LAGOS - NIGERIA
Mr Kevin Taylor
Direct line:+234 803-3102176.

Attention:

I am Mr Kevin Taylor, Account Manager of Omega Bank
Plc.Lagos, Nigeria. I have urgent and a very
confidential business proposal for you,but how do one
explain the situation in Nigeria where there are lots
of Miscreants and this has made it difficult for
me to contact any one about this transaction,hence I
deem it necessary that paradventure you are not
interested with this information/proposal,that you let
me know by a return mail, infact a lot has been said
and a lot of efforts has been put in by the government
and private /financial institutions to senitize our
Environments.

However my proposal is about what is on ground,and is
genuine,and the deal is as follows,

On June 6, 1999, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor
with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
Mr.Ralph William made a number of (Fixed) deposit of
twelve calendar months,valued at US$25,800,000.00
(Twenty Five Million Eight Hundred thousand Dollars
only) 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 we
discovered from his contract employers,the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Ralph William
died from an automobile accident.On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making
a (WILL), and all attempts to trace his next of kin
was fruitless therefore I made further investigation
and discovered that Mr. Ralph William did not declare
any next of kin or any relation in all his official
documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank.

This sum of US$25,800,000.00 is lying in my bank
waiting for the Next of Kin to Mr Ralph William to
come forward and claim it . Consequently, my proposal
is that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand as the
next of kin of Mr Ralph William owner of the money but
all necessary documents must be provided by us before
you will claim the fund from my bank from there you
will transfer it to your bank account.This transaction will
cost us some money for proper documentations/records process
from the Nigerian national petroleum corporation,and
all the ministries which Mr Ralph Wiliiam worked. So
please take note that this is not a child's play.


For me to get all the neccessary documents that will
back-up the claim, I will like you to provide
immediately your full names, your private
telephone/fax number, bank details where the fund will
be transferred into,your address, your age and
occupation so that I will use it to get all the
necessary documents that will back-up the claim
although this will cost us some amount of money so
that the original documents will be provided and sent
it to you by courier service.

The money will be share in the ratio of 80% for me and
my colleagues 15% for you and the account owner while
5% will take care of all expenses that we will incure
during the transaction of this business.If you are
interested, please reply immediately through my
confidential email address:kivt100@yahoo.co.in

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details. Please observe with utmost confidentiality,
and be 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 and
also it is 100% risk-free. It will not in any way
implicate you or tarnish your image, so do not
entertain any fear whatsoever and do not disclose
or discuss it with anybody to avoid any leakage.

Thanks and regards.

Mr. Kevin Taylor
+234 803 3102176





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