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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: "watsonmulder watsonmulder" <watsonmulder@msn.com>
Reply-To: watsonmulder@tiscali.it
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:50:23 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY WITH NO OBLIGATION TO COMPLY


The inspiration to contact you is simply a divine providence; I am making
this proposition because I have to seek partnership of a resource person to
help me realize this project. I am WATSON MULDER a solicitor and investment
consultant.

I was attending a business luncheon in Berlin, Germany and I got introduced
to the renowned German businessman, Mr.RUDI FASSNACHT (of the blessed
memory).

He engaged my services as attorney and investment consultant and my primary
assignment was to spearhead his investment forays in Europe. Three months
later I invited him to my office and under my professional guidance and
based on my advice he made a fixed deposit of Eleven Millions Five Hundred
Thousand(€11,500,000.00) million euros at a financial institution.

This deposit was for 2 years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my
client, I could not reach him or any member of his family. I was forced to
travel to Germany and there I got the tragic news that on July 25 2000, my
client Mr.Rudi Fassnacht, his wife Sigrid perished in the air France
Concorde new York bound flight;

Please visit this website and find out what happened to the family

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I have made efforts to locate any member of his family since then with
strong biological links to my late client without success. The search to
find a close relation is one that has consumed time and resources.

The institution is asking me to either present a next of kin to late Mr.Rudi
Fassnacht or forfeit the deposit.

My proposal is to package, present you as next of kin to late Mr.Rudi
Fassnacht and process the fixed deposit and transfer custody to you for our
mutual benefit. My capacity as solicitor/ investment consultant to my late
client gives me the discretion to package and transfer the deposit to you.

I will give you 40% for your effort and 60% for me. It will amount to
injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit, and
invest it. The late Rudi Fassnacht was also a friend in addition to our
business relationship. I will wait for your reaction and response and then
together we can jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality.

Please reply strictly to my private E-mail address:

watsonmulder@tiscali.it

Your immediate response is highly appreciated.

Yours truly,

WATSON MULDER, esq.

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