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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: "MOHAMMED KEFFAS" <mohammed_keffas@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:35:08 +0000
Subject: Urgent business attention needed

BARRISTER MOHAMMED KEFFAS & CHAMBERS
(TAX, TRUST, ESTATE & CONVEYANCER)
25 TUNIBU AVENUE, LAGOS Reg.# 9537821/96
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
TEL:234-802-5283003

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the day,I am Barrister Mohammed Keffas, a legal Solicitor. I
am the Personal Attorney and legal adviser to a national of your country
who used to work with Mobil oil Company here in Nigeria. On the 7th of
April 2004, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a
car accident along Badagry Express Road Lagos, all occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your 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 relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I
contacted you I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get impounded by the bank,
Particularly the bank where the deceased had deposited the fund valued at
about TWENTY THREE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR($Us23million).The bank has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account
confiscated or impounded before the next six months.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over a year
now, I seek for your consent to present you to the bank as the next o f
kin to the deceased since you have the same last name with him (My late
client).Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then
discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary
information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
transaction through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Best Regards,

Barrister Mohammed Keffas (SAN)

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