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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: "Onome Tega" <onometega1000@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:00:54 +0000
Subject: GULF BANK OF NIGERIA PLC (STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL)!!!

GULF BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
P.M.B: 1 2 3 9 1
Ref No: GUL 102/124/2005
Date:12/12/2005
Telegrams: GULF BANK
E-MAIL: mrtegaonome@yahoo.com

Your attn:
Dear Sir,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

A foreigner, an American, late Engr. John waley (Snr) an oil merchant
with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death years ago in
Kenya Air Bus (A310 - 300) Flight KQ430, Banked with us at Gulf Bank Nigeria
Plc, Lagos and has a closing balance as at the end of Sept. 2000 worth
US$66.5M (sixty-six million five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars), the bank now expects a next-of-kin as a beneficiary.

Valuable efforts have been made by the Gulf Bank of Nigeria to get in
touch with any of the Waley's family or relatives but to no success. It
is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of
the late Engr. John waley (Snr). Next-of-kin (He had no wife or children
that is known to us].

The management under the influence of our chairman and members of the
board of directors are making an arrangement for the funds to be
declared Unclaimed and subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms
and
ammunition to further enhance the course of war in Africa and the world
in general. We aim to stop them, preferring instead to utilise the
funds for real estate purposes.

In order to avert this negative development, some of my trusted
colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as
next-of-kin to late Engr.John waley (Snr) so that the funds US$66.5 million
will be
released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's / next-of-kin.
All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out.

We have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of
the deceased beneficiary's, and more so we are assuring you the
business is 100% risk free involvement.

Your share stays while the rest be for myself and my colleagues for
investment purpose, according to agreement within both parties. As soon
as we receive an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business proposal, we would furnish you with the
necessary modalities and disbursement ratio to suite both parties without
any
conflict.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of
the trust we have bestowed in you.
Yours faithfully,


Chief Onome Tega. e-mail: mrtegaonome@yahoo.com
(DIRECTOR-FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT)

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