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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: "Adams Brian" <brianadams_att@msn.com>
Reply-To: adams_brian01@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 04:45:47 +0000
Subject: SINCERE REQUEST

Attention!!!

I am Brian Adams, personal Attorney to Engr.Kenneth Syahrin, herein referred
to as my client. He is a national of United State of America who lived in
Amsterdam and worked with Shell Petroleum Company, an oil Company base in
the Netherlands, Holland.

On the 21st of April 1999, Engr.Kenneth Syahrin and his wife and two others
were involved in a fatal motor accident which claimed the lives of all
occupants of the vehicle. Since then I have made several enquiries to their
Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.

After these unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family, I
resolved to contact you to claim the money as the next of kin to my late
client, from the federal internal revenue board. I am contacting you to
repatriate the money and property left behind by Engr. Kenneth Syahrin,
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
huge deposit was lodged.

The deceased had an account valued at about $10.5 million dollars with the
bank.Since i was the personal Attorney to Engr.Kenneth Syahrin, the bank has
issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account
confiscated within the next 2 weeks.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4years
now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased
so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10.5 million dollars can be
paid to you and then you and me can share the money.

This is the ratio of sharing after transfer. 10% will be mapped out for
compensation over expenses. The rest fund will be shared this way, 45% for
me while 40% for you,the remain 5% will be given to the needy or charity
organization.

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

Please get in touch with me by my email and send your following information
{1} your Telephone and Fax Numbers,
{2} Your age and Occupation.
{3} Your full Names and Address

I await your prompt response.
Best Regards,
BRIAN ADAMS {ATTORNEY}

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