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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • gv_osadolor2006@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?Victor=20Osadolor?= <v_osadolor2006@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: victor_osadolor776@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:48:26 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Mr Victor Osadolor


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gv_osadolor2006@yahoo.com.hk

Mr Victor Osadolor

Account Manager

Citi Trust Bank Plc

Lagos - Nigeria


Dear Friend ,


I am an Account Officer with CITI TRUST BANK PLC, My name is Mr Victor

Osadolor,a Banker. I am the personal Account Manager Of my Late Engr Alex

Smith, a National of your country,who used to work with an Oil servicing

Firm in Nigeria. Here in after shall be referred to as my client, On April

21,2002 my client, was involved in a car accident along Sagamu express way.


All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I

have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's

extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.


After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name

over to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have

contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind

my client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank

where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the (CITY TRUST BANK PIC)

Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($10.5million us dollars)

has Issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. Or have the account

confiscated within the next ten official working day, The Nigeria Banking

Law on unclaimed benefits stipulates under section 7 subsections 10 cap.15

that once such unclaimed benefits have over- stayed a maximum period of

three (3)years, the account will become dormant and the money will be

confisicated.


And uptill now no body has come to claim the money for the last two years

and our bank has been notifying the Rotary club for the past one year.In

order to avert this negative development, I now seek your permission to have

you stand as a "NEXT-OF-KIN" to the Late Beneficiary so that the funds

US$10.5M will be released and paid into your bank account as the beneficiary

"NEXT- OF-KIN" for our mutual benefits.


I am assuring you that this transaction will be executed under legitimate

arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Dear friend,

because of my position as indigene its impossible for me to claim

directly,which is why your involvement was solicited.This transaction is

alifetime opportunity,which we cannot afford to lose. However, it was

deliberately designed to benefit me and you.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 this account valued

at ($ 10.5 million us dollars) can be paid to you .The sharing modality is

still open and egociatable.All I require is your honest cooperation to

enable us see this deal 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 my email: you are adviced to send me your

full information below


1,YOUR FULL NAME

2,YOUR MOBILE TELEPHONE AND FAX INCLUDING OUR OFFICE AND HOME PHONE NUMBER.

3,YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.

4,YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION.

5,YOUR COMPANY NAME.


based on trust and honesty and as soon as i get that i shall send to you a

TEXT OF APPLICATION which you will send to the bank proposing for claims and

release of this fund.


Best Regards.


Mr Victor Osadolor



- Victor Osadolor

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