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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: jacob jac <jacobs505@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:36:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: business proposal



Dear Sir,

I am Mr.jacobs Iwuji, a Lawyer by profession. I was
the personal attorney to Mr.Gill Mina , a foreign
national who worked for the Chevron Oil Exploration
Company in Nigeria, herein after shall be referred to
as my client.

On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and
their three children were involved in a car accident
along Lagos - Ibadan express road. All occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to his
embassy to locate any of my clients extended
relatives.

This has proved unsuccessful. I came to know about you
through an enquiry I was making in the internet, and i
found out that you can help me, which is why I have decided to contact you, in
order to assist in repatriating the money and property
left behind by my client before they got confiscated
or
declared unserviceable by the bank, Particularly, the
Finance Company where the deceased had an account
valued at about US$8.5 Million Dollars, has issued me
a notice to provide the next of kin or have the
account confisticated within the next 21 official
working days.

Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of
this account valued at US$8.5 Million Dollars can be
paid to you and we can share the money, on the ratio
of 50% for me, and 50% for you. I have all necessary
legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make.

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

Please get in touch with me by email and send to me
your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss
further about this transactio in details.

Best regards,

jacobs Iwuji.



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