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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: "johnson maradas" <johnson_maradas@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnsonmaras@123mail.cl
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:07:45 -0500
Subject: FROM BARRISTER JOHNSON MARADAS

FROM BARRISTER JOHNSON MARADAS (BL, LLB-HONS.)
C/O JUDE MARK & SOLICITORS.
113 OLD GRA ROAD, IKEJA
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
09/11/2005.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Johnson Maradas, a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme
court of Nigeria,I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Allan mccullough,an
expertriate,who was a consultant with shell development oil company in
Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2003,my client and his wife were involved in a
car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.
Unfortunately they lost their lives in the event of the accident, Since then
I have made several enquiries as to locate any of his extended relatives,
but all proved abortive.After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
traces his relatives over the Internet,to locate any member of his family
but to no avail, hence I decided to contact you.
I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at
about(US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client(Mr Allan mccullough) with
the Universal TrustBank plc (UTB) before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the bank. Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next one
month official working days.

since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now,I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased,the
proceeds of this account valued at (US$11.5 million dollars) can be paid to
you and then you and I can share the money.55% to me and 40% to you,while 5%
should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I have all the
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this project.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any
hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect us from any breach of the law.
Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,

Barrister Johnson Maradas (Esq).

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