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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • willmoko1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: william moko <willmoko1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rklchambesss@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:02:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: JOINT PARTNERSHIP


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: willmoko1@yahoo.com

JOINT PARTNERSHIP



Dear Friend,



Firstly, not to cause you embarrassment, I am

Barrister MR. WILLIAM MOKOENA, a Solicitor at law

and the personal attorney to named GERALD WELSH who

died in an air crash along with his wife (CARYL

WELSH) on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian

airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board.

You can confirm this fact from the website which was

aired by the BBC WORLD NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm



Since his death, none of his relations or persons

have come forward to lay claims to his funds as

next-of-kin, and on my own I have made concerted

effort to locate any of his relatives but all prove

abortive, which makes me to believe that maybe

nobody of his knows that he was operating this

foreign account with and Insurance broking firm here

in Europe. Based on the ethics and policies of the

Deposit holding firm, this fund will be declared

unclaimed funds and taken to the treasury of the

bank as capital base of the bank, because already

the account has been tagged dormant because it has

exceeded the normal functional number of years.



In spite of the above please do bear in mind that l

have made several enquiries with his country's

embassies to locate any of my clients extended

relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After

these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to

contact you with this business partnership proposal.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating a

huge amount of money left behind by my client before

they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by

the Finance/Security Company where this huge deposit

was lodged.



The deceased had a deposit valued presently at

$11million (Eleven Million United State Dollars) and

the Company has issued me a notice to provide his

next of kin or Beneficiary by will otherwise have

the account confiscated within the next sixty

official working days. Since I have been

unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over

3years now, I seek your consent to present you as

the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased

so that the proceeds of this account valued at $11

Million US dollars can be paid to you. This will be

disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me

and 40% to 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, Confidentiality and

Trust to enable us sees this transaction through. I

guarantee you that this will be executed under a

legitimate arrangement that will protect you from

any breach of the law.



And please provide me the following: This is to

enable me commence immediate preparation of all

legal documents that will back up our claim.



1. Full Name:

2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number

3. Your Contact Address.



Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and

appreciated.



Best regards,

Mr William Mokoena Esq.

Law Society of the Northern Provinces,

Paul Kruger Street, Pretoria,

South Africa.

rklchambesss@o2.pl






- william moko

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