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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: "lawrence mohalle" <lawrencemohalle13@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:12:19 +0200
Subject: From Dr Mohalle

FROM THE MANAGER CREDIT & FOREIGN BILLS.
ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA
HARTFIELD,
PRETORIA SOUTH AFRICA.
Tel : 0027 835 050 636.
Fax: 0027 725 959 810

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,

My name is Dr Lawrence Mohalle the Manager,Credit and Foreign bills of ABSA
BANK SOUTH AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank
with account number -908-14-255-114 whose name is (Engr) Chung Timothy, U.S,
an American citizen who died in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with
the whole passengers onboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can
view this web site
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this customer, I personally has watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of US$6.5M (Six Million Five Hundred Thoudsand
United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next
of Kin as no one has come up as his next of kin. And the banking ethics here
does not
allow such money to stay more than eight years, because the money will be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.In view of
this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was making a research
on a foreigner i will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant I am
willing give you 20% of the total amount. Upon the
receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of
application which you will type sign and send back to our bank to enable us
start this processing of this claim.I will not fail to bring to your notice
that this business is hitch free and that you should
not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of
this fund has been
finalized, this transaction will be complited within five banking days of
recieving your response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the
deceased.
When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail or call me signifying
your decision. Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Lawrence Mohalle.
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
Absa Bank South Africa

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