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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: andy_bello01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 04:44:37 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wellington?=

Dear Wellington,

I am Barrister Andy Bello a Legal practictioner to the General
and Commercial
Chambers, situated at Lagos-Nigeria . I am the personal attorney to Mr.Patrick
Wellington, a national of your country, who used to work as Engineer with
the Oil
Company. Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of
April 2001, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in
a car accident along Sagbama express road.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then
I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of myclients
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet
to locate any person who bears same last name with my late client hence
I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund valued at US$10.5million
left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the Finance Institution where this huge amount were deposited.The said
Institution has already issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or
have the account confisicated within the next 21 official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account
can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all the necessary information
and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from
you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law.

Upon your accepttance, furnish me with:
Your Full name and Address
Your Personal Telephone and Fax Numbers
Your Occupation and Age

Please get in touch with me through this email:(andy_bello@mail2lawyer.com
) for futher discussion.

Best regards,
Barrister Andy Bello (ESQ)




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