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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: "Williams Ademola" <w_ademola01@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:42:15 +0000
Subject: Attn: Business Trust/Proposal

Dear Friend,

I sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy especially by
contacting you through this means. It is due to its seriousness and urgency
it therefore became necesary for me to seek your assistance.

I am Mr. Ademola Williams, personal lawyer to Late Mr. Gabriel Gibson, who
worked with an Oil Servicing Company. I am contacting you concerning my late
client and an investment he made. I would respectfully request that you keep
the contents of this mail confidential.

On Sunday 30 Jan 2000 my client passed away in an aircrash involving a Kenya
airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN. I refer you to this link for
further information regarding the crash:

http://www.bea-fr.org/docspa/2000/5y-n000130a/htm/5y-n000130a.html

Until his death, the deceased had a Fixed Deposit Account totalling USD $5.5
Million in a bank. Recently, the bank issued me a notice to inform the
deceased relatives about this investment so that the money would be given to
them failure which the account would be confisticated. But unfortunately I
discovered that my late client did not declare anybody as his next of kin.
This discovery leaves me as the only person with the full picture of what
the prevailing situation is in relation to the deposit my late client made.
I have made several efforts to trace the relatives of my late client and all
my efforts yielded no positive result.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my late client,
my proposal, therefore, is to present you as my client's next of kin. You
can easily Act As my client's Next of Kin/Relative because you are a not a
national of my country. I know you will be wondering how possible this could
be but I assure you that this is simple.

I will include your name in the documents with me as this will prove that
the deceased had recognised you as his next of kin. This will enable you to
apply officially for the funds after which the money would be transferred to
you for us to share in this formular: 50% for me, 40% for you and 10% would
be used to settle all expenses we would incur during the course of the
transaction.


If you are interested in doing this transaction with me kindly send your
reply and provide the following information:

YOUR FULL NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
TEL/FAX NUMBERS:

All that I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see the
transaction through. Everything would be done legally and my position as the
deceased attorney would add credence to the claim. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement.

Thanks for your consideration.


Best Regards,

Ademola Williams.

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