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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: "Mr.Edwin Duku" <mredwinduke2@msn.com>
Reply-To: mredwinduk@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:04:39 +0000
Subject: Reply Asap!

FROM THE DESK OF
MR.EDWIN DUKE,
AUDIT AND ACCOUNT MANAGER,
UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC,
STALLION PLAZA LGS.

Dear Friend,
Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it is my
humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project
request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not come to you
as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.Realy,i believe you are a
highly respected personality,considering the fact that i saw your profile
from a human resource profile database on your country in the
internet.Please kindely,accept my apology.

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction.This is by virtue
of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though i know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried.But i am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.I
have decided to contact you through this medium due to the urgency of this
transaction as we have been reliably informed of your discreteness and
ability.

My name is Mr.Edwin Duke,Audit And Accounting Department Maneger Union Bank
Nigeria Plc,i am writing in respect of a foreigner who died in a plain
crash, On June 6, 1999, an Australlian oil consultant/contractor with via
National Petroleum cooperation (NNPC) Late Engr.Steve Moore made a numbered
time (fixed) deposit for twelve calenderer month valued at
US$15.500.000.00(Fiften Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in my
branch.
Sequel to this, fervent valuable efforts were made by Union Bank Plc to get
in touch with any of the Late Engr.Steve Moore aid programmes in family or
relatives but proved to no avail.it is because of the perceived possibility
of not being able to locate any of the Late Engr.Steve Moore,next-of-kin
that the management under the influence of our honorable chairman and
members of the board of directors, that arrangement will be made for the
fund to be declared"un-claimable" and subsequently be donated to the trust
fund for the purchase of arms and ammunition to further enhance the course
of war in Africa and the world in general.According to Nigerian banking law,
after (EIGHT) years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government Proparty.

war is a crime against humanity" in order to avert this crude and negative
development,i nown seek your permission to have you stand as the next-of-kin
to the Late consultant/contractor,so that the fund us$15.5m would be
released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's next-of kin.All
documents and proves to enable you receive this fund will be carefully
worked out and more so as professional banker,i am are assuring you of 100%
risk free involvement.
I agreed that 30% will be your share as a foreign partner in respect of
providing an account while 10% will take of any expenses that might be
incurred in the process of succeeding the transfer and the rest will be for
me to make everything possible. thereafter,i will visit your country for
disbursement as i am almost due for retirement will not fail to bring to
your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not
entertain any fear as the whole required arrangement has been perfected for
the transfer.

I am using my position and connection in the bank here to do all the
document work for the transaction. We shall employ the services of an
attorney to draft the will and obtain all necessary documents and letter of
Administration in your fovour for the transfer.This transaction is risk free
guaranteed. If you are interested, please reply immediately confidentiality
and be rest assured that this transaction could be most profitable for both
of us.

Please do not expose this deal if you are not interested because if you
do,it will take me out ofseat.and for your interest to do this business with
me kindly reply asap and call me.

Have a nice day
Best regards,
Mr.Edwin Duke
Audit And account Maneger
Union Bank Plc.

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