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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: onyema_ugochukwu@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:44:33 +0100
Subject: From Chief Onyema Ugochukwu (Chairman NDDC)

From Chief Onyema Ugochukwu (Chairman NDDC)
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
167 Aba Road Port Harcourt
Rivers State-Nigeria.
http://www.nddconline.org


Dear Sir or Madam,

Please accept my apology if this mail does not suit your personal or business
ethics, it is not my intention but the matter at hand is one of great importance
to me.

My Name is Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, Chairman, Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC), Nigeria. I came to know about you in my private search
for a reliable Person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf
of my behalf. As a matter of fact, I am searching for an individual who
will fit perfectly into the business at hand.

I write in respect of one of our contractors, who unfortunately lost his
life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on
January 31, 2000, including his wife and daughter leaving nobody to claim
his contract payment money. You shall read more news about the crash on
visiting this site: (http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list)

Mr. Morris Thompson was an American and great industrialist and a resident
of Fairbanks, Alaska. Prior to his death, Mr Thompson supplied goods worth
US$4.8 Million in 1999 and was awaiting his payment before his untimely
death.

Since the death of this man, nobody has come forward to claim the money
on his behalf as next of kin to the late Mr. Morris Thompson. It is only
an insider, the contractor or a next of kin who has information about the
contract that could produce the particulars of the contract and as such
be able to lay claim to this money. Also the funds can only be released
to a foreigner. Hence, I have arranged to front you as the next of kin to
Late Mr Thompson so that you can sign-off the release of his payment of
US$4.8Million contract.

Rather than have this fund reverted to the Consolidated Account of the NDDC,
I seek your consent to front you as his Next of Kin. We will handle all
financial embodiments, logistics and documentations to legitimize it. You
shall provide an account for the transfer of the funds.

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the
test of the application that you will fill and submit to the foreign contract
payment department of the NDDC and also some documents you may need to sign
for the release of the US$4.8 Million from the NDDC.

Please confirm your interest by immediate response on this private E-mail:
Chiefugochukwu2000@yahoo.com


Thanking you in anticipation and I will give you a telephone number where
to reach me as soon as I confirm your serious interest.

Very important note: Mr Thompson also has a domiciliary account with Guaranty
Trust Bank where he has US$1.6 Million from the records of my findings.
Therefore, at the end you shall be claiming about US$6.4 Million as the
next of kin of Mr Morris Thompson from the paying bank, GTB Plc.

Yours Faithfully.

Chief Onyema Ugochukwu
(Chairman NDDC Nigeria)



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