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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: "patrick makeba" <pmakeba2@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:05:45 -0600
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL JOINT VENTURE PARTNERSHIP
INTRODUCTION:

Dear sir,

I am Mr.Patrick Coker the auditor general of CITIBANK in Nigeria.I got your
contact from your country business guide as a reliable person.I want to
transfer to overseas ($31,000.000.00 USD) from CITIBANK in Nigeria.I want to
ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable
and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank
account immediately to receive this money.Even an empty account can serve to
receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of
this important business.Trusting in you and believing in God that you will
never let me down either now or in
future.

During the course of my auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in this bank in 1990 and since then till 2002 nobody has operated on
this account again.After going through some old files in the records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a heir, hence the
money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be
forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr. Adams C.Nicole, a foreigner and an
industrialist.He died since 1993 and no other person knows about this
account or any thing concerning it.The account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that Adams C.Nicole until his death
was the manager of Diamond Safari [pty].SA. with account number
#5005874CB1000.I have kept the informations secret within myself to enable
me look for any
foreign partner of my choice who will assist me receive this funds.

However,every legal steps will be put in place to obtain all legal approvals
for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance
from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.We will sign a
binding agreement to bind us together and to build amount of confidence and
trust between us. I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you
will never let me down in this business.

Your urgent reply will be highly appreciated to enable me inform you the
next step to take urgently because this transaction will be actualize within
14 working days.All I need is your full co-operation to make this work
fine.I want to assure you that the CITIBANK management is ready to approve
this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account,
which I will give to you upon your positive response and once I am convinced
that you are willing and ready to handle this deal.With my influence in this
bank we can transfer this money to any foreign reliable account which you
can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing.

I will be monitoring the whole situations here in the bank until you confirm
this funds in your account. Then i will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.I will apply
for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready
to act and receive this funds in your account. At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me,
while 5% will be
for expenses incurred during the process of transferring.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my Private
Email:pcoker_1@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks Yours faithfully,
Mr.Patrick Coker



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