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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "mohammed sule" <mohd_sule2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:49:16 +0000
Subject: Business Enquiry

Dear Friend,

I am Sule Mohammed, personal assistant to the late Chief Mrs. Stella
Obasanjo, the late wife of the president Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria who
died in Spain on Sunday the 23rd of Oct 2005 after an unsuccessful surgery
operation.

[http://www.cnn.com/2005/world/Africa/10/23/obsaanjo.obituary.html.]

As the cousin to the deceased I handle in confidence some of her affairs,
mostly properties, Investment and funds both domestic and overseas. In this
case my sister/client who left huge amount of million GB pounds sterling, us
dollars and so many other investments with my signatory abroad for her
personal reason. The family will call me to account for her properties and
funds overseas after one year of her death according to the tradition our
people.

The funds were deposited on behalf of a foreign partner. Please I am writing
to you now to help me assist in repatriating this fund to your country and
at the completion of the business, we will share the money on a ratio of
70:30.since her death all the various offices attached to the first lady
have been closed down.

I will procure all necessary legal documentation that can be used to back up
any claim we might make, I have also secretly discussed this matter with the
General Manager of the banks whom I must involve in order to have a smooth
and successful transfer of the fund in any foreign bank account which you
are to nominate .All we require from you is 100% trust, and honest
corporations to enable us see this deal through, and I also guarantee you
that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate process that will
protect us from any breach of the law.

The sharing formula will be 70% for us [I and the bank official] 20% for you
and 5 % for charity to my client’s pet project CHILD CARE TRUST FOUNDATION
[www.childcaretrust.org], for the less privileged and disabled children and
the remaining 5% will be set aside for any expenses incurred during the
course of transfer process.

Upon your prompt reply of your acceptance to this mail, I will forward a
letter for fund transfer on your behalf to the bank to your designated bank
account. I wait in anticipation for your cooperation in reply and I am also
ready for any question concerning the clarity of this transaction.

Yours sincerely,
Mohammed Sule.

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