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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: "ken williams" <kenwilliams_chambers1@msn.com>
Reply-To: kenwilliams_chambers3@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:45:18 +0000
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN (Dear DEGGES)

WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES
ACCREDITED ATTORNEY
SOLICITORS & ADVOCATE
SUPREME COURT & NOTARIES PUBLIC
BARRISTER KEN WILLIAMS LLB.LLM.
PRINCIPAL PARTNER
102 KINGSWAY ROAD,
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS NIGERIA.
TEL: +234-8060045450.
Email:kenwilliams_chambers3@yahoo.com

From the Desk.Barrister:Ken Williams

Attn:

Degges,

I am Barrister Ken Williams a solicitor at law and the personal
attorney to Mr. Richard Burson Degges, a national of your country, who
used to work with Chevron Oil Company here in Nigeria herein after,
shall be referred to as my client. My client with his entire family
(The wife and Children) were involved in a plane crash on the 31st

october 1999 aboard EGYTIAN AIRLINE 990, which claimed many lives and
property. Unfortunately, my client and the family lost their lives in
that crash that needed not to have happened.
Since then i have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.
After several unsuccessful attempts. My purpose of contacting you is to

assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client
prior to his death before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged in,
where the deceased had an account valued at about US$28.5 Million
dollars.

The company had issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days. Since
I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one year
now I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased since you
have the same last name/surname so that the proceeds of this account

valued at US$28.5 million dollars can be paid to you.I have all the
necessary official and legal documents that can be used to back up your
claim.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable meas the legal
attorney to the deceased in seeing that you receive your inheritance
fund. I guarantee that this will be executed legitimately to protect
you from any breach of the law. See the website of the plane crash
below more info: -

http://www.cnn.com/US/9910/31/egyptair.03/ ,
I Implore you to get back to me via my private email address:
kenwilliams_chambers3@yahoo.com,
upon your acceptance to claim the inheritance fund.

Faithfully Yours,

Barr.KEN WILLIAMS



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