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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: "James Brown" <mr_jamesbrown@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 12:17:32 +0000
Subject: from Dr.JAMES BROWN of UNION BANK OF NIGERIA please reply very urgently



UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
LAGOS-NIGERIA.


Dear friend,

I am Dr.JAMES BROWN of Bills and Exchange at the foreign remitance
department of the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. I am writing this letter to ask
for your suppport and coperation to carry out this business opportunity in
my department. I discovered an abandoned sum of $20.565m (twenty million,
five hundred and sixty five thousand united states dollarsonly) in Account
Number 11008734290 status of account fixed deposit account,that belongs to
one of our foreign customer Mr.Lee Wong C.E.O, WONG LEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
NIGERIA LIMITED,Who died along with his entire family in November 1998 in a
plane crash.Since we got information about his death we can not release the
money unless somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased.As indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately,neither the family members nor the relations have appeared to
claim this money.At this discovery,I decided to do business with you and
release the money to you as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for
safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't
want this money to go into the bank trasury as an unclaimed debt.

The banking law and guidelines of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc stipulates that
if such money remained unclaimed for a period of four (4) years it will be
transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.the need for a foreigner
as next of kin in this siness is occasioned by the fact that the costomer
was a foreigner and as a Nigerian cannot stand as his next of kin or heir.

I agreed that 30% of the money will be for you as foreign partner,
thereafter I will visit your country for disbursement according to the
percentage indicated.
Therefore to enable the lmmediate transfer of the fund to you as
indicated.You must apply to the bank as relation or next of kin of the
deceased. Indicating your bank acount number and indicating where the money
will be remitted.Upon receipt of reply .I will send to you the text of
application as soon as you receieve this letter you should reach me through
my above e-mail immediately and indicate your direct and confidencial
telephone number for effective communication. Hoping to hear from you only
through my passonal email address as stated above.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr.JAMES BROWN.

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