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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: barristeramadiokoye2005@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 00:23:20 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NEXT=20=20OF=20=20=20KIN=20=20TO=20=20=20MY=20=20=20LATE=20=20CLITE?=


BARRISTER AMADI OKOYE . AND CHAMBERS
A SOLICITOR AND AN ADVOCATE OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA


Dearest,

Good day and how are you? My wish is that you receive this letter in good
faith and by his grace we are going to work good things out of this great
deal.

My name is Barrister Amadi Okoye, A Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme
court of Nigeria, I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Alan,an expatriate,who
was a consultant with shell development oil company in Nigeria.

On the 21st of April 2001, 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 trace 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 ) with the
Universal Trust Bank Plc (UTB) before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable
by the bank.Consequently, 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 unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years
now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the
deceased,the
proceeds of this account valued at (US$11.5 million 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.

Please do get in touch with me through the E-mail address below:(email
box(amadiokoye2003@yahoo.co.uk)


Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum cooperation.

Yours Sincerely.

Barrister Amadi Okoye(Esq.)

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