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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: william ike <william2_ike@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 12:25:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.


From the Desk of:
Mr.William Ike {Commercial Banking (South)}
Orient Bank Plc, Nigeria.
E-mail :william2_ike@yahoo.com

Dear Vivian Wiemans,

My name is Mr.William Ike {Commercial Banking
(South)}. with Orient Bank Plc,Nigeria. Port Harcourt River state.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.
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$9.7 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. Morris 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 Mr.Morris 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.I hope this is a fair sharing?
I look forward to hearing from you urgently so that we
can proceed accordingly.Kindly forward your urgent response to
this my private e-mail.

Thanks and best Regards.

Mr.William Ike
{Commercial Banking (South)}.










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