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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: cklinsmann@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:34:02 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Awaiting=20Your=20Assistance?=


FROM: CHUBA KLINSMANN,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
ECO BANK PLC OF NIGERIA.

ATTN:Dear,

I am Mr.Chuba Klinsmann, the director in charge of auditing and accounting
section of ECO BANK PLC VICTORIA ISLAND BRANCH LAGOS NIGERIA. With due
respect and regard, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction
that will be very beneficial to both of us.

During our auditing and investigation in our bank recently, my department
we
came across a very huge sum of money belonging to one Mr.Charles Ballassi
an
America Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation,who is dead,The deceased person who died on 31 October 1999
in a
plain crash and his account has been dormant in this this Bank since 1999
and no person could come for the claim of the fund in our custody not even
from his family or relation.

After we have found this we sent a message to the deseased,not knowing that
he is dead,we sent another reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that
Mr.Charles Ballassi with his wife died in the plane crash of 31 October
1999
on Egyptian air with other passengers on board as you can confirm it
yourself via the website below:
http://www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
A close investigation revealed that the deceased has no existing relation
as
next of kin. The said amount is U.S $28.5 million, I want you to collaborate
with me to put a claim on this money as the next of kin of the deceased
account holder,Mr.Charles Ballassi. I and my colleague will present you
as
the next of kin.
Meanwhile all arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next
of kin to the deceased already made, I asure that we will get the required
approval and transfer this money to your designated foreign bank
account,this arrangement has been put in place,as directives and needed
information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest
and
willingness to assist me and to be a partty in this risk free and highly
confidential
transaction.
On your reply, we shall discuss the sharing ratio for each party in this
transaction.Please feel free to contact me immediately via my email for
further
directive and clarification on this transaction.Alternatively reply me on
cklinsmann@hotmail.com


I look forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship with you.Thanks,

Mr.Chuba Klinsmann.





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