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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: "Mrs. Cecilia AKU" <mrs_aku001@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:19:46 +0000
Subject: I wrote you earlier / Your quick reply

Dear friend,

Good day to you! please give attention to this news, which also has prompted
me to write you. Just last week I received a fax message, which came from
Union Bank of Nigeria PLC. In one of the three fax pages was a statement of
a dollar account of the sum of US$35,200,000.00 (thirty five million two
hundred thousand united states dollars) And a request for me to come down to
reconcile the account that has been lying dormant for nearly 3 years. The
account has been traced and linked up to me as the only next of kin. I went
to the bank and was introduce to the credit control officer. He explained
all about the account which belongs to my late husband but with a different
name according to the officer, for over 3 years now no one has come to
make any further transaction with the account.

Its been 3 years now since my husband died in that BAC 111-500 plane that
crash in Kano the northern part of Nigeria. News and photos of the plane
crash involving my husband can be found on BBC world news till date if you
click on the below web site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm
my name is Mrs. Cecilia Ishaya Mark Aku, the wife but now a widow of the
former and late Minister of Sports and Youth Development of Nigeria. It has
also been 3 years of ontold hardship and mental torture from my late husband
relatives over his money and properties that me and my late husband labourd
for years to acquire. They have suceeded in froozen all the account on his
name, case is still in court. This particular account remain unknown to them
otherwise they would have move to freeze it too. I therefore want to close
the account and withdraw all the fund from the bank to a safe place. I have
already discuss it with the bank manager, and i have to keep it strictly
confidential to keep my late husband relatives from knowing. To acheive this
aim and goal, i want to transact this buisiness with a foreigner and will
have to transfer all rights as next of kin to the person but i need a
sincere and trust worthy person. I am therefore soliciting through this
medium for your sincerety and trust in this matter to get rid of this fund
from the bank as a matter of urgency for onward investment in your country.
I am prepared to make it a mutual benefit for the two of us by allowing you
have some percentage share of the fund, rather than paying you service fee.
Further information and modalities of sharing the fund between me and you
will be discussed upon the receipt of your favourable response. Please send
your reponse to me or my lawyer through the below contact details.
IKE SMITH & ASSOCIATES,BARRISTERS, LEGAL ADVISERS
AND SOLICITORS OF THE SUPREME HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA. 21 AHMADU
CRESENT V/ISLAND, LAGOS - NIGERIA. email: barrister_smith@consultant.com,
ike_smith_associates01@yahoo.com
Tel:+234-803-5109994

He is the person in charge of the entire transaction to avoid suspecion from
my late husband relative who are still watching every of my movement. Upon
your response, include your private telephone and fax number for oral
communication. I look forward to your urgent response.

Thank you, God bless.

Yours Truly,

Mrs. Cecilia Aku





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