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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Fraud email example:
From: "kanayochukwuka@ommail.com" <kanayochukwuka@ommail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:57:11 -0500
Subject: NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
28TH OCTOBER, 2005
FROM: KANAYO CHUKWUKA
YOUR ATTENTION:
I am contacting you on business involving a huge sum of
money. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am
assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. we
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this
transaction.
We discovered a huge abandon sum in one of account,
belonging to one of our foreign customers who died a long
time ago. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or
relations has come forward to lay claims for this money as
the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you
stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations
will be carefully worked out by me for the funds to be
released in your favor as the beneficiary next of kin. It
may interest you to know that we have secured from the
probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased
beneficiary. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me
with your full names, address and direct contact numbers.
These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to
the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your
favor before the transfer can be made. We shall be
compensating you with a million dollars on final conclusion
of this project, while the rest shall be for us for
investment purposes. If this proposal is acceptable by you,
do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in
you, I await your urgent mail.
I will introduce myself fully pending your response.
Regards,
Kanayo Chukwuka
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