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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: "Barrister Wisdom" <barrister_wisdom@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:25:31 -1000
Subject: FROM: WISDOM CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES:

WISDOM CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES:
P.O.BOX 20 AWOLOWO WAY IKOYI
LAGOS,NIGERIA.
TEL:234-803-826-1695
E-MAIL:barris_wisdom3@yahoo.ca

Dear Friend,

I got your contact by the Nigeria Chambers of Commerce and Industries while
searching for an a trusted person who can transact with me.

I am Barrister Wisdom Peter the Personal Attorney and legal adviser to Mr
Martin Graham, he is a foreigner but resident in Nigeria, he is an oil
consultant/contractor with the Nigeria mining Corporation Company.
On The 21st of April 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 their lives.

Before he died, he deposited about US$20,000,000 (Twenty million Dollars)
under a label of photographic materials to a security company in London.
Since he died, i have made several enquiries to locate any of his other
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts with the fact that the security company are asking
from me about his next of kin or orderwise they will confisicate the
martiral which he deposted with them.

since then I have been traceing his extended relatives all over trade
directory, to locate any member of his family but to no avail,hence I am
contacting you in this business.
My contact with you now is to see if you can assist inrepatriating the money
left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unclaimable
by the security company, were the money was deposited.Particularly, the
security company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to
Mr.Martin Graham, now Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his
relatives, so pls I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
my late client.

All I require is your honest cooperation and understanding to enable us
seeing this deal through, I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.

Please indicate your full interest and willingness to travel to the security
company to make the claim, send me your direct contact details,
1)Your full name and address.
2)Your telephone and fax numbers.

Please reply to the yahoo id above.
I wait to hear from you soonest.

Best regards,
Barrister Wisdom Peter.

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