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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • osuezeph@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: "phyil osueze" <phyilosueze25@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: phyil_osu@myway.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:51:38 -0900
Subject: 01-02-2006

>From the Desk of:Mr.Phyil Osueze
{AGM, Commercial Banking Group
(South)}Chartered Bank Plc,
Nigeria.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Phyil Osueze ,AGM, Commercial Banking Group (South) with
Chartered Bank Plc,Nigeria. Lagos-Nigeria.I came to know about you in my
private search for a reliable person/company to handle a confidential
transaction on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.As a matter of fact, I got
your information from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Nigerian
Export Promotion Council.

l write in respect of a foreign customer with A/C Number:14-2558-2004,who
unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261
which crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter
leaving nobody to claim the money.

You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this
site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/ alaska.airlines.list/ The owner of
this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and a
resident of Alaska.

Since the death of this our customer Mr. Morris Thompson, I have kept a
close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobodyhas
come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to the late Mr.
Morris Thompson. The total amount in the account US$12.5 million and it is
a domiciliary escrow bank account. It is only an insider,the accountowner or
a next of kin who has information about the account that could produce the
Code or password of the deposit particulars.

Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner.

As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the
neededinformation other than my very self-considering my position in the
bank.Based on the fact that Mr. Thompson's family perished in the same
flight accident, leaving no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of
kin,so I am seeking for your co-operation to present you as the next of kin
to late Thompson, and arrange for the release of the funds to your honour
for our mutual benefit.

Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank through the American
Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased children but to no avail, as
we were made to understand that the couple had only one daughter. Given the
skeletal information available to the Bank, it has so far been impossible to
reach any of the relatives.

If there is more delay in moving this money out, this money will be pushed
to the Treasury of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 80-20%.You shall
have 20% of the funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the
bank.I hope this is a fair sharing?

If this proposal is acceptable here is the information you have to send
below:

1. The Full Names you want to use for this transaction.
2. Your Full contact address
3. Your most confidential telephone number/mobile number
4. Fax number

I look forward to hearing from you urgently so that we can proceed
accordingly.I wait for your urgent response.this is my private e-mail
(osuezeph@yahoo.it)


Thanks and best Regards.

Mr.Phyil Osueze
Chartered Bank Plc.

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