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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: "Chuks Onuora" <chukson01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:07:18 -0700
Subject: INTRODUCTION

Chief Chuks Onuora .
MANAGER,FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PlC.
14th September 2005.

Dear Sir,
I am Chief Chuks Onuora . from the First Bank of Nigeria Plc,Lagos Branch.I
got

your contact through the internet, I have urgent and very confidential
business

proposal for you.
On January 7, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian

National Petroleum Corporation,Mr. Charles Ballassi made a numbered time

(fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$9,700,000.00(Nine

Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars)in my branch upon maturity. I sent a

rountine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a

month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract

employers,the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Charles
Ballassi

died in the plane crash of 31 October 1999[with Egyptian 990] with other

passengers aboaed as you can confirm it yourself via the website below:

http://www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html

on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL,
and

attempts to

trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation
and

discovered that Mr. Charles Ballassi did not declare any next of kin or
relations in

all his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank.
This

sum of US$9,700,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is being rolled
over

with the pricipal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come
forward to

claim it. According to Nigerian law, at the expiration of (Six)years, the
money

will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to

claim the fund. Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to

stand as the next of kin to Mr. Charles Ballassi so that the fruit of this
old man's

labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt Government officials.
This is

simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full name and address so
that

the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will
put

you in place as the next of kin.We shall employ the service of two attorney
for the

drafting and notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and

letter of probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

Any bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will then

facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The

money will be paid into your account for us to share in ratio of 60% for me
and

40% for you. There is no risk at all, the paperwork for this transaction
will be

done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the

successful execution of ths transaction. If you are interested,please reply

immediately via the private email address below,upon your responce,i shall

provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you

understand the transaction. Please observe utmost confidentiality and be
rest

assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because i

shall require your assitance to invest my share in your country. Please upon
the

reciept of this mail message, send to me the following to enable start the
process

of the fund into your bank account:

1. Your full Name and address

2. The name of your bank where you want the fund to be transfered into,
Account

number and beneficiary name

3. Your private Telephone and fax numbers

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email: send2fbn@ny.com

Thanks and regards,

Chief Chuks Onuora
MANAGER,FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PlC.
Direct line: 234-80-27747435

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