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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: "Patrick Clerke" <pclerke@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: pclerke12@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 08:10:25 -0700
Subject: Our Mutual Benefit

Barrister. Patrick Clarke(LLB HONS)
Atkin Chambers
1 Atkin Building Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5AT
Private Tel/Fax:+44 870 134 3891


Dear Sir/Ma,

I am Barrister. Patrick Clerke, lawyer to late Mr.Morris Thompson an American
who lost his life in a plane crash involving Alaska Airline's Flight 261
which crashed on January 31st.2000, including his wife and only daughter.
Mr Morris Thompson,aged 61 hailed from Fairbanks, Alaska in United States
of America. He was one of the states's most prominent native and business
leader.All these you are very free to verify from the web link below for
more information and clarification about his socio-economic status until
his death;

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

Before the demise of my client,he disclosed to me his account status which
is about £40.5million British Pounds Sterling (Fourty million five hundred
thousand British Pounds Sterling).He also handed over to me some vital documents
regarding this fund trapped now at Natwest Bank London,England. I was at
the last burial rights on February,5th,2000 to pay my final respect to Late
Mr.Morris Thompson.There I made thorough inquiries about his kins but,discovered
no one really knows about this fund currently sited at Natwest bank London.Since
then,I have made successive attempts to get his next of kin or relative to
come forth and claim this fund but to no avail.And as personal lawyer to
my late client, I cannot in any way claim it unless someone overseas does
so. I must not hesitate to inform you that just a forth night ago, I received
a routine notification from Natwest Bank London concerning this fund, and
the officials of this bank issued me a warning, stressing the urgency for
late Mr.Morris Thompson's relative or next of kin to come forward to claim
this fund immediately or they will have it confiscated and forwarded to the
nation's treasury account as an unclaimed fund.This is the agreement they
have reached at the bank and they also reiterated that this is according
to their banking guidelines.

MY PROPOSAL;
Owing to the fact that his only daughter whom should have claimed this fund,also
perished in that fatal air crash,I want you to place you as the next of kin
to late Mr. Morris Thompson.Like I earlier asserted,I have in my possession
the necessary documents that will enable me to apply on your behalf as the
right beneficiary to my late client's fund in this bank.Be informed that
upon successful transfer of this money into your account,you shall have 35%
of it as your share.I must also remind you that honesty and trust, transparency
must be our watchword in the course of this transaction.

N:B, This transaction is confidential and risk free. You can only contact
me on my TEL/FAX No; +44 870 134 3891. I will discuss with you in details
when I receive your response. Please include the following in your reply;

(1.)Your Name in full.
(2.)A reliable phone and Fax number
(3.)Occupation
(4.)Company Name (If any)
(5.)Company or Business Address
(6) A photocopy of your driving license.

I look forward to receiving your reply soon.

Yours faithfully

Barrister.Patrick Clerke
Atkin Chambers ( Attorneys and Solicitors)

___________________________________________________________

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