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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: "dan dav" <d010davm@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dandavies@shuf.com
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:21:21 +0000
Subject: I AM MR.DAN F.DAVIES


ATTN:

RE: TRANSFER OF ($48.700,000.00USD) FORTY EIGHT POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
I want to transfer to overseas $48.700,000.00USD forty eight pointseven
million United States Dollars from UBA PLC,Ogui branch in Nigeria, I am
seeking for a reliable and honest person who will becapable and fit to
provide either an existing bank account or set up a new Bank account
immediately to receive this fund, even an empty account can serve this
purpose,or you help to seek an honest and reliable businessman who can
assist us.

I AM MR.DAN F.DAVIES,An accountant and bank manager, During the course of
our auditing I discovered a floating fund in adomiciliary account opened in
the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this account, After
going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of
the account who is a foreigner died without any traceable next of kin hence
the dormant nature of the account and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be re-channeled into the bank's reserve. I suggest we start
the first transfer with twenty million Dollars [$20,000.000] And upon the
successful transfer of the first $20million without hitches or
disappointment from you, I shall re-apply for the remittance of the balance
of the fund to your nominated account. I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money cannot be approved for a local account here and
I am not supposed to be in possession of such amount of dollars, but the
fund can only be approved to any foreigner or into a foreign account.

I suggest we meet face to face to get acquainted, as the fund in question is
a large one before we commence with transfer. I need your full co-operation
to make this work fine, As I will use my office to see that the transaction
is hitch free and I will destroy all documents relating the transaction once
we conclude the transaction. On the conclusion of this business!, You will
be given 15% of the total amount, 80% will be for me,while 5% will be for
expenses both parties might have ncurred during the process of this
transaction.


Bestregard,

MR .DAN.F.DAVIES

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