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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: <jamesmorris2001@ciudad.com.ar>
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 12:32:48 -0300
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Very=20Urgent?=

Morris Chambers & Associates
11 Ester Olorun Close,
Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister James Morris, a solicitor at law and the personal attorney to Mr. Lee Woung, a national of your country who used to work with Shell Development Oil and Gas Company here in Nigeria as their financial controller, herein shall be referred to as my client.

On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along King Street, Lagos Nigeria. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries through their embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Company there in EUROPE where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at 7.4
Million United States Dollars, and has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over a year now.
I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you have the same surname so that the proceeds of this account valued at 7.4Million United States Dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 60% for this Chambers and 30% to you while 10% will be reserved for any expense that may arise during the course of our completing this transaction.
I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back this claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

Please contact me as soon as possible through this e-mail address james_morris1960@yahoo.com enclosing your telephone/fax numbers for
further clarifications.

Best regards.
Mr.James Morris

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