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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: "emmanuel duke" <emmanuel_duke04@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:19:00 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply.

FROM THE DESK OF MR.EMMANUEL DUKE,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,
INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA,
LOME TOGO.

ATTN.

I am Mr.Emmanuel Duke,the director in charge of auditing and accounting
section of INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA,Lome Togo in west Africa with due
respect and regards.

I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very
beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.During our
investigation and audting in this bank,my department came across an
abandoned sum of $14.7m US dollars(fourteen million seven hundred thousand
US dollars.)In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who
died along with his entire family in march 1998 in a plane crash.

Since we got information about his death,we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines.It is therefore upon this discovery that
I and other officials in my department decided to make this businness
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this fund to go into the Bank treasury as
unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for
five years,it will be forfeited to the Bank Treasury as an unclaimed bill.

A Togolaise cannot stand as the next of Kin to a foreigner.It is upon this
discovery that I and my
colleagues in this Department decided to contact you to collaborate with us
to pull out this dormant fund.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who
will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust to the bank
and also present a foreign account where you will need the money to be
re-transfered.I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is
100%risk free.

You have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still in service and
intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.I will be
monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money
in your account.And ask us to come down to your country for subseque sharing
of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further
investment either in your country or any country you advice us to invest
inn.

We agree that 25%of this money will be for you as foreign partner,in respect
to the provision of a foreign account,10%will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business and 65%would be for me and my colleagues.There
after I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement accoding
to the percentages indicated.

Upon receipt of your reply,I will send to you the text of the
application.This transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain
any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the
transfer.This transaction will only take a maximum of 14 bank working days.

Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive
response.

Thank's,

Emmanuel Duke.

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