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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: "Olu Ade" <oluade77@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:16:53 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE



THE DESK OF OLU ADE
EMAIL: oluade77@o2.pl

TELEPHONE: +234 1 7216038

Dear Friend,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction;this is by virture
of its nature as being CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive but I am
assuring that all will be well at the end of the day,I am Mr.Olu Ade,a
senior accountant with one of the big financial firm here in Lagos Nigeria.
On the December 26th 2003, my client and his entire family died in a plane
crash in cotonou, Benin Republic.You will read more stories about the crash
on visiting this website: Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in that disaster
that needed not to have happened. Since then I have made several enquiries
to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track
any trust and honest person that can stand as the next of kin and have his
remaining transfered to him/her,Before his death and uptil date i was his
account officer.
My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the fund left
behind by my client prior to his death before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by my bank,where this huge deposit were lodged in,
where the deceased had an account valued at about US$10.4 million.
The company had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin,As the account
officer or have the account confiscated within the next 25 official working
days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one
year, now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased so that the
proceeds of this account valued at US$10.4 million can be paid to you.
All documents to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. This
proposal is 100% risk-free. We have agreed that the fund be shared
thus,after it must have been transferred into your account.
Remember You can find informations about the December 26th 2003 plane crash
details on the website below.
Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Please get back to me through my email address for further discussion.

Best regards,

MR OLU ADE

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