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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: "thomas okon" <thomasokon000@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:21:27 +0000
Subject: urgent

DR.THOMAS OKON
MANAGER GULF BANK PLC.
TEL= 234-80-3862-6972
Private Email: okon_okon2005@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

I am DR.THOMAS OKON The Manager Gulf Bank, Lagos, Nigeria. I have urgent
and-very confidential business proposition for you. On April 6, 1996, a
Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, Mr.james smith made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for some
months, valued at S$32,500,000.00 (Thirty-two Million Five hundred Thousand
Dollars
only) in my branch. Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,we sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from his contract employers,the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation that Mr. james smith on 1 February 1997 died in a
plane crash on air senegal on aircraft Name Hawker Siddeley HS-748. This
crash happened in Tambacoumba, Senegal, Africa and the registration number
of the aircraft is 6AV-AEO, and since his untimely death the funds has been
dormant in his account with my Bank without any claim of the fund On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. james smith did not declare
any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$32,500,000.00 has carefully
been moved out of my bank to a security company and finance company for
safe-keeping.No one will ever come
forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Law,at the expiration of 10
(ten) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.Consequently, my
proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand in as the next of
kin to the late mr.james smith as to claim the money I deposited with the
security and finance company in two trunk boxes, though the security company
does not know the real contents of the boxes as I tagged them to be
photographic materials
for export.am writing you because as a public servant, we can not
operate a foreign account or have an account outside the country I want to
present you as the owner of the two trunk boxes in the security company so
you can be able to claim them with the help of my attorney.All these are to
make sure that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials. This is simple.I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney will prepare
the necessary documents which will put you in place as the owner of the
boxes. The money
will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 35%
for you and 5% will take care of all expenses incure on both side.There is
no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by
the Attorney and this will guarantee the successful execution of this
transaction. if you are interested, pleas reply immediately via my email
address,as soon as i got your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction. Please observe with
utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would
be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to
invest my share in your country. Hoping to hear from you through my private
e-mail box= okon_okon2005@yahoo.com

REGARDS,
DR.THOMAS OKON

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