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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: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:09:53 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?please=20get=20back=20to=20me?=

ROTIMI CHEMBERS
LEGAL PRACTIONERS,ARBITRATORS AND NOTERY PUBLIC
34 ELEKOHIA STREET
BALYASA STATE
NIGERIA

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Rotimi Williams (Esq.) a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to
a national of your country, who is an oil merchant in Nigeria. On the 21st
of April 2001, my client, his wife and their two children were involved
in a car accident along Sagbama Express Road Balyasa State, here in Nigeria.
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 address:barrmark04@yahoo.co.uk, for
more clarification and understanding in regards to this transaction.
Regards
BARR.Rotimi Williams (Esq.)



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