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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: "Mr David Okoro" <david_okoro@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:55:57 +0000
Subject: Urgent reply needed

FROM DAVID OKORO,
AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK,
COTONOU- REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
TEL. 00229-97-687465.

STRICTLY PERSONAL
With due respect-Permit me to introduce myself to you.

I am David Okoro,the director in charge of audit and
accounts unit,foreign remittance dept.of the AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB),COTONOU, REPUBLIC OF BENIN IN
WEST AFRICA.
I decided to contact you for a beneficial and
risk-free business
transaction.
During our auditing and investigations in this bank,
my department came across the sum of TWENTY FIVE
MILLION,FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
(US$25,500,000.00)only belonging to an international
business man who died along with his family on the
31st October 1999 in a plane crash, in an Egyptian
airline ( Egypt - Air) 990 - with other passengers on
board. You can confirm this from the website below
which was published by CNN.WEBSITE.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/03/21/ntsb.egypt.air/index
or http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm .
Before the discovery of this development, there was no
trace of claim from any person as the fund remains
dormant in his account with this bank. Although I keep
this information secret whitin my jurisdiction to
enable me put claim and transfer the said amount
through a trustworthy friend overseas whom i shall
indirectly present to the bank as the bonafide
next-of-kin to the deceased for a profitable and
successful transaction - Because after Six years the
money will be called back to the bank's treasury
account as unclaimed bills and the money shared
amongst the directors of the bank. So it is on this
note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used
as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather
than allow the bank directors to share this money
amongst them at the end of the year.

Meanwhile, all the arrangments to put claims as the
bonafide next-of-kin to the deceased,to get the
required approval and transfer of this money to a
foreign account has been put in place.
The directives and the needed information will be
relayed to you as soon as you indicate your intrest
and willingness.Infact, I could have done this alone
but because as civil servants we are not legally
allowed to operate foreign account and it would
eventually raise an eyebrow on my side during the
time of transfer because i am a staff of the bank.
These are the actual reasons why it requires a
second-fellow who will forward claims by my indirect
support as the bonafide next-of-kin.And also present a
foreign bank account,exiting account or you may set up

a new account where the money will be transfered into.
On conclusion of this transaction, you will be
entitled to 25% of the total sum as gratification, 5%
of the total sum will be set aside for contingency,
while 70% will be for me and my colleague here.
Please you have been advised to keep top secret as i'm
still in service and intend to retire from service
after the transfer.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this
bank until you confirm the money in your account,I
then come down to your country for subsequent sharing
of the fund according to the percentages indicated
above, and for investment in any country you may
advise.
All other necessary information will be sent to you
when i receive an email response from you or a
telephone call on: 00229-97-687465. Reply me
on:davidokoro01@accountant.com , with your full name
of beneficiary and telephone numbers for easy
communication

Expecting your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,

David Okoro.

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