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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • kennethababa@yahoo.co.in
  • kennethababa@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: "Kenneth Ababa" <kenneth_ababa2005@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:23:36 +0000
Subject: Urgent Assistance

Kenneth Ababa
Union Bank Nigeria
Lagos,Nigeria
Email:kennethababa@yahoo.co.in

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Kenneth Ababa, Bank Manager Union Bank Nigeria PLC,Lagos Branch.I
have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

On August 6 2000, A Canadian oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Gaski Drannon made a numbered time
(fixed) deposited for twelve calendar valued at 10,500,000.00 United States
Dollars(Ten Million five hundred thousand US Dollars) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contact
employers Nigerian National Petroleum corporation that Mr. Gaski Drannon
died from a bomb blast accident.On further investigation, I found out that
he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.
Gaski Drannon did not declare any next of kin in all his official
documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of 10,500,000.00 US
Dollars is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over
with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will come forward to
claim it.

According to the Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five)years,the money
will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to
claim the funds.Consequently,My proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr Gaski Drannon,it doesnt
matter if you have the same surname with him or not
so that the fruits of this old mans labour will not get into the hands of
some corrupt government officials and remember that this fund can only be
claimed by the help of a foreigner,hence the main reason i am contacting
you.

This is simple,Since my bank lawyer is also involve in this claim to make it
100% legal,He will get all the required legal documents in your favour to
position you as the inheritance/next of kin to the deceased's fund.We will
like you to provide immediately your full names and address including your
phone/fax numbers so that our bank lawyer will prepare the necessary
documents and court affidavit which will put you in place as the next of
kin.

We would need you as a Foreigner acting as the next of kin and sole
benefactor to the inheritance of Mr. Gaski Drannon, to claim this money The
money will be paid to you for us to share in the ratio of 70% for us and 30%
for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by our bank Lawyer and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested,please reply
immediately via the private email address below.I will then forward your
details to the lawyer who will give you more information about the business
and the deceased and also tell you how you can asist us to claim the money
to help you understand the transaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because we shall require
your assistance to invest part of our share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email address

Thanks and regards.



Mr Kenneth ABABA

For more information regarding the Lagos-Nigeria bomb blast, visit
these two sites:
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2698081.stm
2. http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/015d1b5df52a643bc1256cbb0054d8c2?
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Note:Kindly reply to kennethababa@yahoo.co.in

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