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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: "Mike Wallace" <mike_wallace01@msn.com>
Reply-To: mike_wallace01@myway.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:27:20 +0000
Subject: greetings,to you dear.

Dr.Mike Wallace.
General Accounts Officer.
Auditing control Unit
Citizens International Bank.
119, Adeola Odeku, V/I.
Lagos Nigeria.
Tel: 00234-8029021253.


Dear Respectable one,


I am an accountant with CITIZENS INTERNATIONAL BANK; my name is Dr.Mike
Wallace,a Banker. I am the Accounts officer to late Engr. ( newton ) a
National of your country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF
PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

Here in after shall be referred to as my client On 30 JAN 2000, my
client,his wife, and their three children were involved in the Kenya airways
flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to
destination Lagos and the all family died in this fatal air crash on 30 JAN
2000 Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any
of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name
over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the bank where these huge deposits were lodged,particularly the CITIZENS
INTERNATIONAL BANK. Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($32
million u s dollars) has 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 unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued at ($32 million US Dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me
Can share the money.40% to me and 35% to you and 20% for any charity
organization in your country.While 5% for unforeseen bottlenecks we might
incur in this transaction an attorney will be contracted to help us
revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used
to back up any claim we may make.

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

Note that i recommend that you send your response to my alternative mail

box: mike_wallace01@myway.com

Best regards,
Dr. Mike Wallace.

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