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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • mr_jeannot_achi@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "jeannot achi" <jeannot_achi02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mr_jeannot_achi@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:13:42 +0000
Subject: Assalamu olekum(Greeting From Mr.jeannot achi)

MR. JEANNOT ACHI,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,
BANK OF AFRICA, OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA-FASO.

Dear,

Greetings to you, I am Mr.jeannot achi. the Account Manager of Late Mr.
Morris Thompson in Bank of Africa, here in Burkina Faso.However I got your
contact through the International web directory.I decided to contact you
by
email because I feel that it is more secured and private.

Recently we discovered a Dormant Account with a huge amount of Money
Valued USD14M (Fourteen Million Dollars only)that belongs to one of our
late Customer who died in a plane crash. During our investigation and
auditing in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money
belonging to Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American great industrialist and
a resident of Alaska, 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.

You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site which I got
during my investigation;

http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

The fund has been dormant in his account With this Bank without any claim
of the funds in our custody either from his family or relation before our
discovery of this development.The Banking law here stipulates that if such
money remains unclaimed for five years, it will be forfeited to the Bank
treasury as an unclaimed bill.It is only a foreigner that can stand as a
next of kin and It is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you to
collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund. In order to avert this
negative development, I on behalf of my trusted colleagues now seek your
permission to have you stand in as next of kin to Our late Customer so
that the fund will be released and paid into your account as the
beneficiary´s next of kin now that the bank is
still expecting a next of kin or relative of the deceased ,Late Mr. Morris
Thompson.

In fact we could have done this deal alone but because of our position in
this country as civil servants, we are not allowed to operate a foreign
account and that would eventually raise an eye brow on our side during the
time of transfer since we still work in this bank, this is the actual
reason why we required a second party or fellow who will assist us forward
claims as the next of kin and also provide either an existing bank account
or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this fund, even an
empty account can also serve for this purpose.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% as
gratification for your assisting us, and the remaining 50% will be for me
and my partners and 10% will be for any espences that may arise during
transferring process.

What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. I have
in my possession, all the necessary Documents to successfully accomplish
the operation. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free.

Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive
response. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your
wish and I await your Urgent Response.

please you can contact me through this Alternative Email/
mr_jeannot_achi@yahoo.com for security reason please..

Regards,
Mr. jeannot achi.

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