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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348034122263 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • jerryakum33@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "jerry akum" <jerryakum34@msn.com>
Reply-To: jerryakum33@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 03:33:39 +0000
Subject: Claim As Next Of Kin To My Late Client

FROM: JRRY AKUM(ESQ)
JRRY AKUM& Associates,
711 C,Close Attorney,s Ave,
Victoria Lagos - Nigeria.
Tel:+234-803 412 2263
E-mail: jerryakum33@hotmail.com

Attention Next of Kin

I am Barrister JRRY AKUM,the Personal Attorney to {Mr, Kevin},A foreigner
who used to work with Aluminium Associates company in Nigeria.On May 4th
2002, Air Crash in Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, my client, his
wife And their three children were involved. View this website so that you
will understand
www.wsws.org/articles/2002/may2002/nige-m07.shtml
A Nigerian passenger plane crashed into a densely populated suburb of the
city of Kano in northern Nigeria at about 1.35pm on May 4, killing at least
148 people. The Nigerian Red Cross said that a minimum of 148 bodies had
been recovered, with 49 people seriously injured. The final death toll is
expected to be much higher, according to rescue workers. Hundreds of local
people have been made homeless. Since then I have made several
enquiries to many embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives,
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 me in
repartrating the money left behind by my client before they get confisicated
or declared unserviceable by the finance house where this huge deposits were
lodged.
The plane was owned and run by Executive Airline Services (EAS), a small
private Nigeria-based company. It had taken off just three minutes earlier
from the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and was heading for the
commercial capital, Lagos. It plunged to the ground, ploughing into
inhabited shacks and other buildings, before exploding in flames and
starting a number of fires. At least 10 residential buildings, including a
mosque and a school, were destroyed before the plane came to rest and
exploded into flames.
Particularly, the finance house where the deceased had an account valued at
about 15 .5 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten official working
days. since I have been unsuccesfull in
locating the relatives for over 3years now I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account
valued at $15.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and i can
share the money. 55% to me and 45% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or
tax as your government may require,I have all necessary legal documents that
can be used to back up any claim we may make, If you are interested please
send the following information.
{1}. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
{2}. YOUR FULL NAME
{3}. YOUR AGE AND YOUR OCCUPATION.
{4}. YOUR IDENTIFICATION.
{5}.YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER.
Please email your informations to me with this email address.
jerryakum33@hotmail.com
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through . I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in
touch with me by my secured and confidential e-mail address or the above
stated private telephone number to enable us discuss further.
Best Regards.
Barrister JRRY AKUM{SAN}
General Secretary Federal High Court of Justice Lagos-Nigeria
Claim As Next Of Kin To My Late Client


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