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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: "ammedissa issa" <ammedissa52@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:52:47 +0100
Subject: (IT HAPPENS HERE IN LONDON) VERY URGENT TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY

SALAMU ALAIKUM,
WARA-AMATULAH WAR-RAKATU.
BAR INNO ammed ESQ.
LEGAL ATTORNEY & SOLICITOR
FROM THE DESK OF ammed white
LONDON.
Private email Address= myrontamble@fsmail.net




Dear sir/madam
==============

I am Barrister AMMED ISSA (SAN) a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to my client, a national of your country, who used to work with
Oil Development Company in LONDON.On the 21st of JUNE 2005, my client, his
wife and their only daughter were involved in a bomblast accident in london
city.

All occupants of the bomblast unfortunately lost there lives. Since i help
in most of his transactions, his bank
officers know me very well and has requested i notify any of his relatives
proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family
hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in recovering the family tresure that was
left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared
unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this consignment was
deposited as family tresure. The said Security Finance Company has issued me
a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within
the next twenty one official working days.

I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased since you have the same last name with my clients. untill I receive
the receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing
ratio and modalities for transfer. i have the dead certificate to back you
up.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
claiming of this family tresure through.I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law. Please get in touch with me.

Private email Address= (myrontamble@fsmail.net)

Best regard

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