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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: abiola akola <akolaabiola@midwar.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:12:16 -0400 (CLT)
Subject: Get Back To Me



PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS:akolaabiola2005@yahoo.com


Dear Sir

I am Barrister Kola Abiola an advocate and Solicitor. I am the
Personal Attorney to Mr. Fredrick Halseth,a foreigner,who used
to work with European Development Company in Nigeria.On The 21st
of April 2003,My client,his wife and their three children were
involved in a car accident along Sagbama Express road.All
occupants the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.


Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy to see
if i can locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has
all the while proved unsuccessful.After these several
unsuccessful
attempts,I decided to trace his relatives (i.e.same
surname) over the Internet,to locate any member of his family
but of no avail, hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to
assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before
it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where
this huge deposit were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an
account valued at about 15.5million dollars has issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased or have the
account confiscated within the next twenty one official working
days. Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the
next of kin of the deceased since you are still a foreigner,so
that the proceeds of this account valued at $15.5million USD can
be paid to you and then you and me can share the money, 60% to
me and 35% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your
Government may require. I have all necessary legal documents
that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation 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.

Best regards,

Barrister Kola Abiola
Kola Abiola and Associates (Attorney at law)
16 Williams Street, SW,
Ikoyi, Lagos-Nigeria.

PLEASE REPLY TO THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS:akolaabiola2005@yahoo.com















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