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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: ibefestus@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 09:05:52 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20REPLY=20MY=20MAIL=20URGENTLY=20?=

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
From the Desk of: MR ibe festus
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}
Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
E-mail: ibefestus101@yahoo.de
Dear Friend,

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr.ibe festus
GM,Corporate & Investment Banking with Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.Lagos-Nigeria.This
letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from someone you
have not met before and due to high volume of Spam mail that goes around
the world through this means but I have no other choice than to send it
to you through the internet means, Therefore, I will appreciate it if you
honor it and give me all your trust and full co-operation.

I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable
person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my Colleagues
and myself. As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the world trade
center (WTC) Regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.Although the details of my
intention was not made known to them.Proposition

l write in respect of a foreign customer with A/C Number:14-2558-
2004,who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife
and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.
You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this
site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

The owner of this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist
and a resident of Alaska. Since the death of this our customer Mr. Morris
Thompson, I have kept a close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts
since then. Nobody has come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next
of kin to the late Mr. Morris Thompson. The total amount in the account
US$7.2 million and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account.

It is only an insider,the account owner or a next of kin who has
information about the account that could produce the Code or password of
the deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner.As
it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the needed information
other than my very self-considering my position in the bank.Based on the
fact that Mr. Thompson's family perished in the same flight accident, leaving
no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of kin,so I am seeking for
your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to late Thompson, and
arrange for the release of the funds to your honour for our mutual benefit.

If there is more delay in moving this money out, this money will be pushed
to the Treasury of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am willing to share
this money with you in the ratio of 60 - 40%. You shall have 40% of the
funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the bank and I hope
this is a fair sharing? Note that All documents and proofs to enable you
get the funds will be carefully packaged once we receive your consent on
this proposal.

In almost all other parts of African continent, when Banks
acquire funds such as that of Mr. MORRIS THOMPSON, they are required by
law to donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust Fund For Arms
And Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions purchased with funds from the Trust
Fund are used to further enhance the course of war in Africa and invariably
turbulence of some sort in the world in general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this negative development
that my Colleagues and I now seek your assistance to have you stand as a
distant relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. MORRIS THOMPSON,so that the funds
would be released to you.

May I assure you that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free, as we
have taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction.I
have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.

Best Regards.
Mr.ibe festus
{GM, Corporate & Investment Banking}.
Send your further correspondent to this e-mail address:
ibefestus101@yahoo.de



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