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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: "charles kofi" <charleskofi@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:54:58 +0000
Subject: urgent response.




Best compliments of the season. I am Charles Kofi esq.,a
notary public and the personal attorney to late MR ALFRED.


a citizen of your country and the President/CEO of Diamond Safari Company
Ltd(DSC),
Accra-Ghana.

On the 6th of January 2004, my client, his wife and their only child
were involved in a very fatal accident which claimed their lives. The
accident occurred along Accra-Kumasi major highway road. Being a successful
Diamond dealer in my country and the whole of the West African sub-region,
he
left behind a huge Legacy.

Sequel to his death, I have made several different efforts in search of
the immediate relatives in order to transfer the legacy he left in my
custody but my efforts have been fruitless.
Currently, one of the banks in custody of my late clients legacy has
requested me to bring forward the next of kin to inherit the legacy.
The value of the legacy is US$35Million deposited with the International
Commercial Bank(ICB), Accra-Ghana.

In line with the intention of my search, I humbly seek your consent to
be presented as the bona fide next of kin to the deceased so that this
legacy will transfer to your ownership. This entails repatriating the fund
to
your nominated receiving bank account. As a matter of fact, I have the legal
requirements needed to make the claims effectively and successfully
without any breach of the law.

Moreover, the bank in custody of this legacy mandated me to contact the
next of kin of the deceased to inherit the fund or forfeit it to the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an unclaimed dividend.

Therefore, your unalloyed co-operation is required earnestly to claim
this legacy from the bank for final disbursement between us. If you are
willing to receive this legacy as the next of kin to the deceased, kindly
reply
this letter strictly via email or you give me a call.


Awaiting your urgent response.

Yours truly,

Charles Kofi esq.
+233 244 202 798.

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