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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: "Alpha Williams" <zenithbankplc_atmunit256@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: zenithbankplc_atmunit44@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:31:28 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT BY HSBC ATM CARD


From Zenith Bank ATM
RE:YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
From:Mr Alpha Williams
Remittance Manager
Zenith Bank Of Nigeria.
20th June 2008

Attention: Beneficiary

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract
inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not
received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling
the obligations given to you in respect to your contract inheritance
payment.Secondly, you are hereby adviced to stop dealing with some
non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if
you so wish to receive your payment immediately.

After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in
finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged
your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE[s] in Europe, America and
Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given by our president, Alhaji Umaru
Musa Yar Adua (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This card centre[s] will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw
your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is
($15,000.00) Five Thousand Us Dollars per transaction. So, if you like to
receive your fund this way, $15,000 usd for you to withdraw for a day and
each transaction is $ 5,000usd minimum which you have to withdraw $15,000
usd for one working day also be informed that the total amount in the SWIFT
ATM CARD is $14.6 million usd.
(1) Your Full Name :
(2) Your Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD.:
(3) Phone And Fax Number :
(4) Age and Occupation :
(5) Your Nearest International Air Port in your City of residence:

We shall be expecting to receive your information and you have stop any
further communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not
hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and also please do
update me with any new development.
Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards,

Mr Alpha Williams
Remittance Manager
Zenith Bank Of Nigeria

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