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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: "Thomas James" <thomasjames011@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:07:51 +0000
Subject: ATTN // Valent

Thomas James,
304 Boulevard du 13 Janvier (Immeuble TAP),
P.O. Box 8989
Lomé, Togo

Dear Friend
I am Barr Thomas James,a solicitor atlaw,personal Lawyer to Mr J.P Valent a
National of your country.who used to work with Shell Development Company in
Lome as a contractor, herein after shall be referred to as my client. On
the 21st of April 2003, my client was involved in a car accident along
Nouvissi express Road.

All occupants of the vehicle including his wife and only child unfortunately
lost their lives. Since then i have made several enquiries to your embassy
here to locate any of my clients extended relatives in his home
country,this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name
overthe Internet,to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I
have contacted you to assist in claiming and repartriating the fund valued
at (US$24.8 M) twenty four million eight hundred thousand
dollars left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable where this huge amount was deposited. The said OCEANIC BANK
Togolaise has for sometime now issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin of my client or his account shall be declared dormant or possibly
confiscated.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2years
now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased
since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can
be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information
and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through the above e-mail for more details.


Best Regards.
Thomas James (Esq).

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