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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • azeem_m@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Azeem Mukamba" <a-mukamba@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:42:56 +0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME.

Attn/Pls.


Dear Sir,


On behalf of the entire members of Mukamba family and my good,azeem the
first son and the present speaker of the family of late Salif Mukamba a
renowed farmer and politician in Zimbabwe S/Africa is hereby asking for your
help and also your maximum assistance.I am a medical student and a middle
aged man of twenty nine years.

My late father, when he was alive he accumulated a lot of wealth and he also
lodged a locked box containing the total sum of Twenty five Million Dollars
(25 Million USD) in a security company here in Burkina Faso.And the
consignment was lodged as computer accessories for security reasons
besides,it's unlawful to deposit cash in such finance institute and till
date the management of the security company was ignorant of the real
contents of the consignment.

My late father was killed by enemies cause of the political enviness
government has for him.After his death,the government led by present HEAD OF
STATES President ROBERT MUGABE orderd to seize of all his know properties.My
fathers properties were all confiscated including all his bank accounts with
the accusation of financial embelsslement.

After all this trends by the government, the whole family were left with
nothing apart from this money in the security company custody.And Luckly he
called me a month before his sudden death and disclosed this secret to
me,but he didn,t give the key,the secret code number of the box and the
whole documents concerning to the vault in my hand immediately.

Some months later before the crisis,i find all the relevant documents
involved in his bed room,the key and code number of the consignment where it
was written on a document and narrowly escaped to burkina faso to verify
things myself with the concern company,the chief security officer"Mr
Benjamain hafando reconfirm the lodgedment positive.

But my late father signed an agreement with the company that the vault
belong to him and his foreign partner to avoid government traces.And if
himself is not physically available in future,his next of kin Azeem which is
i myself must be accompany with his foreign partner before the release of
this vault,and there is no name specified in the agreement as the foreign
partner.

Presently,i am in bukina faso as a refegee just to keep government prey eyes
away from me,and to avoid someone who known me back hame know my present
hideout.Based on this reasons,i am contacting you to stand as my late father
foreign partner and the true beneficiary to the consignment by helping me to
arrange with the company on how the consignment will be dislodge moreso,keep
this transaction confidential between me and you for security reasons.

However,I have decide to follow you to your country for wisely investment
under your card immediately the consignment is release in your
favour.Neverthless the success of this transaction will give birth to a live
time relationship,patnership and oneness till death do us part.

Below here is my primary envidence as follows:-

sites:www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/08/12/violence.zimbabwe
/ www.zimbabwesituation.com/farmilist.html,
www.zimbabwesituation.com,www.newzimbabwe.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm



Hoping to hear favourably from you soonest through my alternative
mail(azeem_m@myway.com).
Thanks
Azeem.

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