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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: "Barr.Idris Usman" <barrister_idrisusman01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: barrister_idris2003@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:10:08 +0100
Subject: Urgent Inheritance Claim & Confidential


FROM THE DESK OF
BARRISTER IDRIS USMAN
INTERGRITY CHAMBERS
PLOT 653 ADEBOWALE CRESCENT,
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS
EMAIL: info_barristeridris02@yahoo.fr


Dear Friend,

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I crave your indulgence as I contact you in such a surprising manner and I
want you to bear in mind that this is not a hoax mail But I respectfully
insist you read this mail carefully as I am optimistic it
will open door for unimaginable financial reward for both of us.

I am Barrister IDRIS USMAN,the personal attorney to late Mr. Andreas Ryan,
Manager of European Commission Sponsored Development Projects in Nigeria,
herein shall be refered as my client. On the 22nd of October 2005, my client
was a victim of Bellview Airlines Flight No. B3210 air crash which killed
all 117 passengers on board. Since then I have made several enquiries to
locate any of my client's extended relatives and this has been unsuccessful
hence, I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money left behind
by my client before they get confisicated or declared unusable by the Bank
where this fund US$9.6M is lodged.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Relative of the
deceased since you are a foreigner so that this US$9.6M can be transferred
into your account and then you and I will share this fund as follows 40% for
you,50% for me while 10% is to be set aside for any local and foreign
expenses both that shall be incured during this transaction. Your honest
co-operation and confidentiality are required to enable successful execution
of this business. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement which will protect you from any
breach of the law.

PLEASE CONTACT ME ONLY THROUGH MY DIRECT EMAIL IMMEDIATELY YOU READ THIS
MAIL. info_barristeridris02@yahoo.fr

Thanks and God Bless,

Barrister Idris Usman.

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