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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: "Mike Ahamba" <mikeahamba1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:29:16 +0000
Subject: HELLO

Mr. Mike Ahamba.
Lagos-Nigeria.

Reply to: mikeahamba@plasa.com

ATTN:THE MANAGING DIRECTOR.

Dear Sir,

I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, I got your
contact in my search for a reputable and trust worthy person/Company, who
can stand confidently with me in this successful business arrangement.
Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self to you.

I am, the Auditor General of a Government Accredited Oil Company here in
Nigeria. Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is anchored on my
strong desire to solicit your sincere understanding and co-operation in this
transaction that would certainly boost the
financial stand of both parties involved when completed. As a matter of
fact,We want to transfer to overseas (US$ 152,000.000.00 USD) One hundred
and Fifty two million United States Dollars) from the Oil company's
operating Bank account here in Africa, I want you to quietly look for a
reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an
existing bank account or to set up a new Bank A/C immediately to receive
this money, even an empty account can serve to receive this money, as long
asyou will remain honest to me till the end of this important
transaction,trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me
down either now or in the near future.

In all honesty, during the course of our auditing Idiscovered a floating
fund of the above mentioned amount in account opened with the bank in 1990
and since then, nobody has operated on this account again, after going
through some old files in the records I discovered
that the money in the account was mapped out for the refurbishment of the
Oil Company's Machineries. Meanwhile, Mr. Magnus Leon, the President of the
Oil Company was the only signatory to the account, but
unfortunately he died after a brief illness in 1993. And no other person
knows about this account or any thing concerning it, and the account has no
other beneficiary. And my investigation proved to me that Mr. Magnus Leon,
until his death had wanted to siphoned that money into his personal account
in New York hence he did not disclose the operating devises of the account
to the Board of Trustees.

I am only contacting you in this regard, based on the fact that you are a
foreigner because, this money can only be approved to any foreigner who can
present all documents that will prove that he/she is the Next of
Kin/Beneficiary to the account base on the fact thatMr. Magnus Leon the
owner of this account is a foreigner, and the money can only be approved
into a foreign bank account.

Therefore, if you are capable of handling this transaction with me, lets
make the necessary arrangement for the hitch-free transfer of this money to
any safe bank account that you may nominate, on a share percentage bases.

We will start the first transfer with Fifty Two Million USD(
$52,000.000)upon the successful actualization of the first transfer, without
any disappointment from your side; we shall re-apply for the payment of the
remaining amount, to your account. However, we shall
sign a binding agreement, to bind us together as partners in this
regard.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently and indicate your
sincere interest, so that I can inform you on the modalities already mapped
out for the hitch-free transfer of the money out of Africa here.

I will require your direct phone and fax number for easy contacting you I
need your full co-operation to make this workadequately. Upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and Willing
to meet up with the instructions of the top bank
official that is deeply involved with me in this business, I shall commence
actions immediately to process the payment of the money in your favor as the
beneficiary.

With my influence and the position of the bank official we can transfer this
money to any reliable foreign bank account, which you can provide.

I am looking forward in anticipation to hearing from you soon as possible.

Yours truly,

Mr.MIKE AHAMBA





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