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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: "ali mohammad" <ali_58mohammad@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ali_58_mohammad@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:18:14 +0000
Subject: Urgent Assistance


(A.D.B) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OF NIGERIA.
DESK OF :DR.Ali Mohammad
Lagos-Nigeria.
RC.27199

Dear Friend,

STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am DR.Ali Hammed, The manager, Bills and Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department of the A.D.B Bankof Nigeria Plc. I am writing this
letter to ask foryour support and cooperation to carry out thisbusiness
opportunity in my department. We discovered anabandoned sum of $11.5 M
USDOLLARS (11.5 million United States Dollars only) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers [MR MAGANATE ANDREAS] who died
along withhis entire family of a wife and two children in July 31st 2000
in a Plane crash.Please visit the web-site for more enquiry on this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



Since we heard of his death, we have been expectinghis next-of-kin to
come over and put claims for hismoney as the heir, because we cannot
release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the
next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative has
everappeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other
officials in my department have agreed to make business with you and release
the total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one
came for it or discovered he maintained account with our bank,
otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as unclaimed fund.

We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as
stated thus;35 % for you as foreign partner, 55 % for us the officials
in my department and 10 % for the settlement of all local and foreign
expences incurred by us and you during the course of this business.Upon
the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my colleague
will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 55 % we
intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of
recycling the fund. To commence this transaction, we require you to
immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose your
private
contact telephone number, fax number full name and address and your
designated bank coordinates toenable us file letter of claim to the
appropriatedepartments for necessary approvals before the transfer can be
made.

Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL because
of
its nature.I look forward to receiving your prompt response.
DR.Ali Mohammad.

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