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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: "Celine Babosa" <celinebabosa004@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: celinebabosa002@myway.com
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:55:13 +0100
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT

Hello Dear,
My name is CELINE BABOSA, the first daughter of late MR. & MRS KOFONFO
BABOSA of Zimbabwe.
In view of the war and babaric act against white farmers in my country
Zimbabwe by PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to claim all their farm land, he
ordered all the White farmers to surrender their farm land and also their
entire properties to his party members/followers. My father was a victim of
this oppression and inhuman treatment as he was one of the richest Farmers
in our country who specialises in the sale of Gold and Cocoa. Due to the
fact that my father was not in support of the white farmer’s victimization,
the president's supporters invaded my father's farm, burnt everything in the
farm, arrested him and confiscated all his investment.
PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THIS LINK BELOW:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm

Early 2003 when this victimization of white farmers by PRESIDENT ROBERT
MUGABE started, my late father envisaged a worse situation, he concealed all
his money and smuggled it out of Zimbabwe to a BANK. While my father was
still in detention that led to his untimely death due to torture in 2004, he
called me and handed over all the documents with which the money was
deposited in the Bank. My brother's name JACOB BABOSA was used as the next
of Kin in case of death.
We are seeking for your permision to have this money $6.5 Million USD (Six
Million Five Hundred Thousand USD) entrusted into your hands for investment
in your country. We will also be willing to forward all the necessary
documents to you i.e. DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE BANK
WHERE THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED INCLUDING THE WILL my late father left before
his death showing that we are the rightful owners of this money for your
confirmation.
We have been in hiding since all these while so that this terrorist/tyrant
called PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE will not kill us just the way he killed our
parents.
We are now in Ivory Coast under Asylum permit and will be very happy to
receive your Immediate assistance as our life is in great danger.
Sincerely yours,
CELINE BABOSA

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