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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • jamesmy_76@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barriser James Mayor" <barrister_jamesmayor@msn.com>
Reply-To: jamesy_m76@yahoo.ca
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:49:57 +0000
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY




A. B. J. CAPITAL CHAMBERS
SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATES
OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA,
------------------------------
BARRISTERSATLAW.

Dear Friend

It is with trust and confidence that I make this urgent proposal hoping that
you are trustworthy and reliable. I was the personal attorney to Engineer
Richard J Vandenhoywho owned and ran an oil servicing company in Nigeria.

My client had an account with the Standard Trust International Bank of
Nigeria Plc where he deposited as the last balance,the sum of 11.9M.

Unfortunately,Mr.Richard J Vandenhoy in April 2000 died with his nuclear
family in aghastly auto crash along the Ibadan-Lagos express road.I have
received notification to the existence of this account from the Standard
bank a couple of months ago with the information that the bank will retire
this money as unclaimed if in the next one month,I am not able tofind one
that has relationship with Richard J Vandenhoy to claim this money as his
next of kin.

I have made concerted efforts,unknown to the bank since the death of my
client to trace any one even with the remotest relationship with Richard J
Vandenhoy without success.I am therefore contacting you to co-operate with
me so that I can pose you as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this
money for a sharing formular we will agree on.

I will lead you to follow strictly the laid down procedures of the bank for
claims such as this in so much that this will be entirely risk free and
legal.

Please include your telephone number in your response to enable me call you
for further clarification PLEASE respond through this mail box:
jamesmy_76@yahoo.ca


Thanks,

Barr James Mayor Esq.

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