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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: Tunde Obasanjo <tudsanjo38@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:10:17 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: URGENT !


With Due Respect,

Sir,

I am soliciting for your utmost confidentiality. I am Mr. Tunde Obasanjo, the son of late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo. I asking for your assistance in transferring the Sum of $8.5m that was deposited by my late mother in bank here in Nigeria.(chief) Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, wife of the Nigerian president, The chief of arm forces his excellence Chief Olusegun Obansanjo,who died on the 23 of OCT 2005 at a hospital in Spain. She had traveled to Spain to undergo a superficial operation and then died from complication resulting from that surgery and also was buried on the 28 of Oct 2005.

I am the first son of the late deceased, Stella Obasanjo, I here by handle every of her affairs, mostly properties and also the funds both domestic and in overseas and also the house with she bought for the sum of £8000 GBP. In this case my mother who left huge amount of millions GB pounds sterling and also so many investment with my signatures abroad. Very soon, my Father his excellence Chief Olusegu Obasanjo, will call me to account for my mother's money, properties and also funds offshore.

At this juncture, as a polygamous family I seek your consent to present you as the benefactor to my Mother's fund deposited in DUBAI(UAE) which I will disclose to you, since my mother's attorney has all the legal documents regarding the depositing of the funds. He will procure all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we might make.
All I require is your honesty co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I also promise you that we will share the money 25/75, 25% for your assistance and the rest for my investment. I also believed my proposal received a favorable consideration from you as I wait your response as soon as possible.

To confirm what I am telling you go through this Webpage, to confirm: http://nigeriaworld.com/feature/publication/arowolaju/102505.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/october05/24102005/f224102005.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200510240984.html
http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=5766&z=10
http://www.africamasterweb.com/AdSense/ObasanjoNigerianPresidentWifeDead.html

All you have to do is to forward the following info to me:
(1) YOUR CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS,
(2) YOUR PRIVATE PHONE/FAX NUMBERS PREFERABLE CELL,
(3) YOUR NAME IN FULL,

Best regards,
Tunde Obasanjo.




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