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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +2348051255613 (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.
  • awolabichambers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Awolabi Chambers <awolabichambers@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: suhu.arafat@btinternet.com
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:55:04 -0700
Subject: Assistant Needed for Collection Fund:


Good day,

Let me first introduce myself to you. i am Mr. Franklyn Awolabi, a solicitor and also an Senior Advocate of Nigeria the Chairman of Awolabi Chambers.

The reason for my letter is a case of one of my client Major General B. Duniya who died in a plane crash on the 17th of September, 2006 in Benue State of Nigeria.

Major General B. Duniya deposited some 15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Dollars) in one security company in Malaysia, and the only survival is his wife and his 8 years old child, I have talk to the wife about the fund in Malaysia and she agreed with me that to look for a trust worthy person that will be able to collect the funds from the Security Company in Malaysia.

Please if you are willing to assist her in picking this fund from Malaysia and deposited into your own private account for safe keeping, you are free to give me a reply because the amount is $15, 000,000.00 (Fifteen million dollars), after helping her you are entitle to 30% of the whole sum. And 5% will be set aside for any expenses that may occur in the banking transfer, and the rest will be for his wife and child.

All necessary document concerning this transaction between Major General B. Duniya and the security company in Malaysia is in my posession, and will be review to you when you are willing to help, and the name of the Security Company and Address will also be given to you for location.

This transaction requires absolute honesty and top confidentiality, because the government in my country is very unstable that is why we are keeping it in a low profile transaction.

Note this: please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

Full name and address
Direct telephone and fax numbers
Occupation and position
Nationality
Date of birth
Marital status
Gender/sex

Should you have any further question or clarification please feel free to contact me directly through my private e-mail address or call me directly through my private telephone number below.

I wait for your urgent responds towards this notification,

Yours sincerely in service and best regards,

Mr. Franklyn Awolabi
Tel: +234-8051255613
E-mail: awolabichambers@yahoo.com

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