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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: dikejohn@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:52:10 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?I=20HOPE=20TO=20HEAR=20FROM=20YOU=20=20IT=20IS=20=20VERY=20URGENT?=

From the desk of
Mr Dike John
Zenith Bank International Plc.
alternative email: j50dike@yahoo.com.au

Attn:

I am Mr Dike John.the personal accounting officer to Late Mr William Auble,a
national of your country, who used to work with shell development company
in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my client.

On 31st October 1999, my client alongside his wife and their three children
died through an air crash in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers
on board, he was travelling with his partner Mr Bradley Long when this occure.

Meanwhile, Mr Williams, my client never used his original names and that
of his entire family to book the flight from Newyork, as he was travelling
on his personal trip and never wanted the Shell Development company to know
about this because it was illegal and could jeoperdise his job. Hence it
took some time to know about his death by his company on the plane crash
and beside, why you did not see your surname listed.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of
my clients extended relatives for their fund, but this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his surname
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted
you.

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the bank where this huge deposit was lodged.

Particularly,ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC.where the deceased had an account
valued at about $9.5MILLION DOLLARS has issued me a notice as his accounting
officer to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within
the next twenty one official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating there relatives for over 4 years
now I seek your consent to present you as NEXT OF KIN of the deceased, since
you have the same surname so that the proceeds of this account valued at
$9.5MILLION DOLLARS can be paid to you and then you and I can share the
money.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this deal through.

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

THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
JOHN DIKE (MR.)





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