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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:

• 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.
  • +447040128952 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • anitasmithprivate2009@london.net

Fraud email example:

From: anita smith <anitasmith_8@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: anitasmithprivate2009@london.net
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:59:23 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENCY IS REQUIRED



From: Mrs. Anita Smith

19 Heathwood Road, Birchgrove,

Cardiff CF4 4JP,United Kingdom.

Mobile Phone:+447040128952.

Reply Me Via My Private Email Adress ;(anitasmithprivate2009@london.net)

HELLO,

My dear, i write this mail to you from the deepest part of my heart and i believe God that you will look kindly to this mail and come to the rescure of a widow that is help less and deserted by her poeple.

I am Mrs. Anita Smith from London U.K the wife of late Mr. Clement Smith was the former Chairman of all the Texaco petroleum oil companies in our Country from 1995 to 2000 when he died. It all happend on 13 June 2000, My husband travelled for a board meeting, on his way to the meeting he had a fetal accident and was taken to a hospital.

Four days before he died on 17 of June 2000, he called me on his sick bed and told me that he deposited Two metallic boxes in a security save company as Family treasures of Gold and Diamonds, But according to my late husband the Content of the boxes are (Twenty Six Million Dollars) cash which the security company did not know that the contents of the two metallic boxes was money.

Then after my late husband's burial ceremony was over, I felt sick and was rushed to the hospital,the doctor narrated to me that i had kidney problem, upon my situation my late husband family deserted me and made away with every thing my late husband left as a legacy to me.

My dear all i had in my mind is for you to help me in securing the money by standing as the next of kin to my late husband to enable us secure this money in your name after which you will help me to invest my own part of the money in your country and i will use my own share to save my life and purchase a living in your country to enable my only son live there.

He also told me how he made this money, that he used his position in the Office as the chairman of all the Texaco petroleum oil companies in London, and increase the price of petrol, and that he doesn’t want any of the board of directors to know that he made the money out of increasing the price of petrol, so that was why he kept it in a diplomatic security save company here in london.

He also adviced me on how we will transfer this money out of the save house to your country,and equally gave me all the information he used in depositing the boxes with the LATINS SECURITY COMPANY LONDON.

My dearPlease kindly help me to transfer the boxes of the money out of save house in London to your country as i cant do it my self because of my late husband poeple and to make sure that the board of dieactors will not be awear of it because that is the only legacy i inherited from my late husband that is to my reach.

I have mapped out 25% of the money for your good help. I want the money to be shared as follows

1] 25% of the money is for your good help.

2] 5% will be for any expenses that will occur in transferring the money out of

London

3] We will give 10% to the motherless baby’s home/charity homes.

4] 60% will be for my family.

As soon as the money is in your private account , I will travel down to your country with my only son to see you for proper sharing according to the percentages guiden this transaction, please after sharing of the money, you will help me to invest some part of my share in your country with the name of my son.

I will send all the necessary vital legal documents backing up this transaction, and the view photograph of the fund (Twenty Six million Dollars) which my late husband gave to me before he died, i will also send my picture to you as well.

I will send all the detail on how the money will be transfered out of the save house to your country to you as soon as you respond.

I am waiting to hear from you today.

Kindest Regards.

Mrs. Anita Smith.

PLEASE I NEED YOUR CONTACT MOBILE& OFFICE PRIVATE NUMBER FOR AN EASY COMMUNICATION




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