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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: ivy ken <mrivyken@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:36:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BE THE NEXT OF KIN



FROM BARRISTER IVY KEN (BL, LLB-HONS.)
C/O IVY KEN CHAMBER & SOLICITORS.
393 OLD OJO ROAD, AMUWO ODOFIN
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
19TH AUGUST 2005



Dear Sir,

I am Barrister Ivy Ken, a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme court of Nigeria,I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Alan CARBALLO, an expertriate,who was a consultant with shell development oil company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000,my client and his wife were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.Unfortunately they lost their lives in the event of the accident, Since then I have made several enquiries as to locate any of his extended relatives, but all proved abortive.After several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to traces his relatives over the Internet,to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I decided to contact you.

I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at about(US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client(Mr Alan CARBALLO ) with the Universal Trust Bank plc (UTB) before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased, the proceeds of this account valued at (US$11.5million dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this project.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.

Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Ivy Ken(Esq)


















































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