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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 agba" <barr_adamsagba4@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:07:10 +0100
Subject: Good day

ATTORNEY ADAMS AGBA
Plot 12 Satellite Town
Lagos-Nigeria.
E-mail:barr_adamsagba1@hotmail.com

Good day,

My name is Adams Agba Barrister at law, and the Personal Attorney to late
Mr.Rick, a foreigner, who used to work with Jangle Cement Company here in
Nigeria, on 31st of July 2000, my client and his entire got involved With an
air craft {US Concorde Flight AF4590 } which crashed at Charlotte/Douglas
International Airport. killing all 109 passengers on board, you can confirm
from this website : (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm).


Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my late clients
extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund left behind by my
late client because the bank have asked me as his lawyer to produce his next
of kin.

Particularly, the Bank have given me a notice to provide the next of kin to
claim the contract valued at about US$6.5 Million Dollars or have the amount
confisicated ,since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for
over years, now I seek your conscent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you are a foreigner and as well have the same surname
with that of my late client,the proceeds of this account valued at US$6.5
Million can be paid to you.

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 of your country
and my country too as a professional legal attorney in the field.

Please, get in touch with me through my private email address above to
enable us claim the fund from the bank as the new beneficiary. I hope to
hear from you soon.

More importantly, you are strictly advice to send your reply to my Private
and personal email address above for security and confidential
reason.(barr_adamsagba1@hotmail.com)

Finally,kindly maintain confidentiality between you and I on this
transaction.

I await your urgent response.

Best Regards,

Barrister Adams Agba (Esq).

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