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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: "chris eze" <chris_oz101@msn.com>
Reply-To: chris_oz2000@excite.com
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:32:22 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME.

Dear Gregory,

Happy new year!!

I am Mr. Chris Eze Ozims, Company Secretary & Legal Adviser incharge
of Bills and Foreign Exchange Remittance Department of Assurance Bank
Nigeria Limited. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and
co-operation to carry out this business opportunity that came out in my
department.

We discovered an unclaimed sum of $18.5Million (eighteen million five
hundred thousand dollars) in an account belonging to one of our foreign
customer Mr. Anderson Gregory, who died After a brief illness. Since we
received information about his death we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his fund.

Unfortunately, neither the family nor any relative has appeared to claim
this money and the bank can not release this money unless somebody applies
as the next of kin or relation to the deceased. Our banking guidelines
indicates that if such money remained unclaimed for a period of four
(4) years, it would be transferred into the Assurance Bank TreasureAccount
as
unclaimedfund.

However,another officer and I in the same department now decided to transfer
this money through you as the next of kin or relation of the deceased since
your last name and that of the deceased are the same for easy collection
since nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go back into
the bank treasury as the unclaimed fund. Infact it is my colleague that
advised me to urgently arrange to transfer out this money through
another foreign beneficiary outside the country. We have decided to give you
25% of the total sum.

So please, as a matter of urgency send to me your telephone and fax numbers
for effective communication. I will do my best to see that we conclude this
transaction successfully on time. Please if you are intrested send me an
immediate mail so that I can explain the details to you to understand
everything about this business.

NOTE; [IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT CAPABLE OFHANDLING THISTRANSCTION
PLEASE DO NOT BOTHER RESPONDING.I'M NOT KIDDING]


Mr. Chris Eze



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