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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: "ben jackson" <benjackson147@gawab.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:05:37 GMT
Subject: BUSINESS PARTNER



THOMPSONS CHAMBERS
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS &
SOLICITORS LAGOS
-NIGERIA

DEAR

Before I start,I must first Apologise for this
unsolicited mail
to
you.I
am aware that this is certainly an unconventional
approach to
starting
a
relationship but as time goes on you will realize the
need for
my
action.
My name is Barrister Myke Henshaw,a Solicitor and the
personal
Attorney
to Mr Turner,a National of your country, who worked
with an Oil
company
in Nigeria.Here in after referred to as my Client.
On the 21st of April 2002,my client,his wife and their
three
children
were
involved in a local plane crash.My Client and his
entire family
unfortunately
lost their lives in the accident.Since then I have
made several
enquiries
to your Embassy to locate any of my Client's extended
relatives
which
has
proved abortive.After these several unsuccessful
attempts,I
decided to
use
his last name through the Internet to Locate any
member of his
family
hencethe
need to contact you.
My main reason for contacting you is to assist me in
repatriating the
money
and properties left behind by my Client before they
are
confiscated or
declared
unservicable by the bank where they are deposited and
lodged.Particularly
the EcoBank Nigeria PLC where the deceased has a fixed
sum of
Four
Million
United States Dollars.The said bank has issued me a
final notice
to
provide
the next of kin of my Client or they will be left with
no other
choice
than
to confiscate his funds.Since I have been unsuccessful
in
locating my
clients
relatives for the past two years I seek your consent
to present
you as
the
next of kin of my client,going by the fact that both
of you has
the
same
last name so that the said fund as stated above i.e
the sum of
Four
million
United States Dollars can be paid to you instead of
leaving for
it for
EcoBank
Nigeria PLC,we can take part of it and leave the rest
for
Charity.
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
arrangement through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate
arrangement
that
will protect you from any breach of the law.Please
reply by this
email
address
above/under.
Finally kindly give me your confidential Phone and fax
numbers
so that
I
can communicate with you easily.
Best regards,
Barrister Jackson ben.

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