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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: "frank albert" <frank_legal_chambers05@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:33:16 +0100
Subject: act as the next of kin to the deceased (Mr Winter )

FROM BARRISTER FRANK ALBERT (BL, LLB-HONS.)
C/O FRANK ALBERT CHAMBER & SOLICITORS.
393 OLD OJO ROAD, AMUWO ODOFIN
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
16TH NOVEMBER 2005

Dear Winter ,

I am Barrister Frank Albert, a Solicitor and an Advocate of the supreme
court of Nigeria,I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Alan Winter , an
expertriate,who was a consultant with shell development oil company in
Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000,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 Alan Winter ) with
the Universal Trust Bank 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 ten
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 Frank Albert(Esq)

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