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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: "Arjoon Ramroop" <tonyrichmond07@internationaltrustbankcenter.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:21:13 +0000
Subject: Dear Oey, CLAIM AS NEXT OF KIN.

Dear Oey,

I have to inform you about this.
I am Mr TONY RICHMOND Client Service Manager of International Trust Bank
{ITB}.Am contacting you based on foreigner Late {Dr Edward Oey}who is a
citizen of your country and was an oil merchant and contractor with the
Federal Governmentof Nigeria until his death on board the ill fated Kenyan
Airways bus {A310300} was our customer at the INTERNATIONAL TRUST BANK and
had a balance of US$20.8 million which the bank now expects his next of kin
to claim as the beneficiary.

So far, I am very happy that I came incontact with you since you have the
same name. and I want you to know I will get my own share for consulting you
about thismatters. More because he left his next of kin column in his
account opening forms blank. Due to this development our management and the
board of directors are making arrangements for the funds to be declared
unclaimed and subsequently paid into the federal government purse. Usually,
funds of this nature end up in the greedy pockets of some politicians due to
our corrupt society.

To avert this negative development my colleagues and I have decided to look
for a reputable person to act as the next of kin to the late Doctor,So that
the funds could be processed and released into his account, which is where
you come in.

We shall make arrangement with a qualified and reliable attorney that will
represent you in liaising with my bank for inconveniency of you coming to my
country. All legal documents to aid your claim for this fund and to prove
your relationship with thedeceased.

Thank you very much.

for your time. respond to {tonyrichmond1@myway.com}

I wait anxiously for your response.

Yours faithfully,

TONY RICHMOND.



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