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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: "Joesph Adams" <josephadams02@msn.com>
Reply-To: barr_josephadams@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:00:14 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dr.Joseph Adams
African development bank.
Lagos,NG




I wish to notify you that I am privileged to peruse over your profile
today,I am greatly impressed on your person. I am Dr. Joseph Adams the
director in charge of Auditing and Accounting section of African development
bank. Lagos in West Africa,and also a special account officer of Mr.Akbar
Ali,a Lebanese.He was a Seasoned Contractor with Benin Cement Company in
Benin Republic., who unfortunately died in the Plane crash of Union
Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin republic on
the december 25,2003.You will read more stories about the crash on visiting
this this
xebsiteshttp://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html
Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Mr.Ali has a fixed deposit
account with the bank 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 that his supposed next of kin died along with
him in the crash.
Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you.

I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.
Consequently, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for
over 5 weeks 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 US$17.6 million can be paid to
you and then you and me can share the money. 65% to me and 35% to you.I have
all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may
make. 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. All documents of transaction
will be destroyed immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any
place.If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly email your following
information to me

A.Private telephone number
B.Private email
C.Your contact address
D. Your full name
Await your Urgent reply

Sincerely,
Dr.Joseph Adams

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