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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: "Dickson Njoku" <dicknjoku01@msn.com>
Reply-To: dicksonnjoku001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:05:29 +0000
Subject: Dear Beck,

MR. DICKSON NJOKU & CO.
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
15 OSBORNE STREET, IKOYI,
LAGOS-NIGERIA

Dear Beck,

I am Barrister.Dickson Njoku, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Late Engineer Johnson Beck, a nationale of your country,who was an Oil
Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria. On the 21st July
2003, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car
accident along sagbama express road. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to
your embassy to locate any of his extended relatives, this has proved
unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left
behind by my client who HAS A SUM OF US$ 11,500,000 (ELEVEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH A LOCAL
BANK HERE IN NIGERIA before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable
by our bank and the banking guidelines of THE BANK stipulates that if such
money remained unclaimed for over a period of time 2 years and 6 months,
with the account unservicable, the money will be confisicated, and this will
happen if nobody comes for the money since we have not seen any body for the
money and his property for the last two years and the bank has been
notifying the Rotary club for the past one year,

In order to avert this negative development, I now seek your permission to
have you stand as a next-of-kin of the deceased since you have the same
name so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$11,500,000 million
Dollars will be paid to you and then you and me will share the money.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will let you
know the bank where the money is deposited if you indicate your interest to
work with me.

Thanks and God Bless.

Best regards,

Mr.Dickson Njoku ESQ

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