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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: "David Johnson" <info@internationaltrustbankworld.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:21:49 +0000
Subject: Request For Next Of Kin.

Mr David Johnson

Credit Manager,

International Trust Bank Plc

Dear Sir/Madam

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

My name is Mr David Johnson, I am the credit manager with international
Trust Bank Plc here in the West Africa. I am contacting you of a business
transfer, of a huge sum of money from a deceased account.

Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been
well taken care off,and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

To ease your apprehension,I got your contact during a search for a good
person that can assist us on this transaction.PROPOSITION; I am the account
officer of a foreigner named Gerald Smith who died in an air crash along
with his wife and children on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline
990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website
below which was published by CNN.WEBSITE.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html or
http://www.greatdreams.com/pass990.htm

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident(May his soul
rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone
applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have
you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be
carefully worked out by a lawyer for the funds Twenty three million,two
hundred thounsand United States dollars (US$23.2,000,000.00) in a
domiciliary account to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next
of kin.

Because after six years the money will be called back to the bank treasury
as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank.so
it is on this note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the
next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors
to share this money among themselves at the end of the year. It may interest
you to know that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to
locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are
interested.

1.A Beneficiary name.In order for me to prepare the PAPER WORK for transfer
of the funds in your name.

2.Details particulars of your contact address.

3.Direct Telephone and fax numbers;.For our personal contact.

4.Your age and occupation.

I shall be compensating you with 25% of the total sum on final conclusion of
this project for your assistance, as I have also thought of doling out 5% to
charity organisation from your locality based on your recommendation another
5% for the services of the lawyer while the balance 65% shall be for me for
investment purposes in your country as I cannot bring back this cash to my
country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
immediately.Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you
by informing you of this transaction from my bank as I will advise you to
kindly desist from responding at all if you do NOT intend to render any
assistance.

Endeavour to respond via my secured email address if you are interested:
davidjohnson2005@excite.com

Thanks and best regards,
Mr David Johnson

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