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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • markboma12@zipmail.com.br

Fraud email example:

From: markboma12@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:13:56 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Please=20Urgent=20Response?=

From: Barrister Mark Boma
Date: March 18th, 2006
Subject: Please Urgent Response
Private Email:markboma12@zipmail.com.br

Dear Friend,

Good day to you and your entire family.
First, Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am Barrister
Mark Boma, a solicitor and attorney at law. I am the personal Attorney to
Late Engr.RICHARD BEASLEY, a national of your country, who worked with an
Oil Servicing and Exploration Company, here in Nigeria. My client, Late
Engr.RICHARD BEASLEY Died In an Auto crash On the 21st of April 2001 with
his wife and their two children While returning from Port Hartcourt to Lagos
where they where residing.

My client Deposited the sum of $9.5m in a Local Bank here in Nigeria, before
his untimely death, whose Deposit Certificate was kept under my care as
his personal Lawyer. He had wanted to transfer this fund to his country
as soon as he is on leave, but his hope was cut down because he died before
carrying out his wishes.
As his personal Attorney, Since his death I have made several enquiries
to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any of his relatives,
I decided to contact you so that you and I can work together in repatriating
the money left behind by my late client.
Meanwhile,I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left
behind by my late client before his account get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Bank where this fund was Deposited. Presently, the
Bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next Of Kin of my Late Client
or have his account confiscated within the next (21) official working days,
mandated by the Bank, failure to provide the next of kin within this period
the fund will be declared as UNCLAIMED FUND.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some couple
of years now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next Of Kin of the
deceased, so that the proceeds of his account valued at $9.5million dollars
can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.
1. 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
fund.
2. 10% will be set aside for reimbursement to both parties for any expenses
that may be incurred in the course of the transfer, including any taxes
to be demanded by your government.
3. 60% will come to me as the originator of the transaction.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction
through and to reclaim the fund deposited by my client rather than allowing
the Bank to hold on to the fund and declare it UNCLAIMED. I guarantee that
this transaction will be carried out under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you and I from any breach of law.
Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage
of the trust, I hope to bestow on you. Then kindly get back to me immediately,
strictly via my private email address only: markboma_002@walla.com to enable
me enlighten you on how we are to proceed. I will not contact any person
or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me decide on what to do
next.

Awaiting your prompt kind response.

Thanks.


Barrister Mark Boma

NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WETHER YOU ARE RELATED TO MY LATE
CLIENT OR NOT, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN THE FUND WILL
BE PAID TO YOU, BASED ON THE FACT THAT I WAS HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY, SO WHOEVER
I PRESENT WILL BE PAID.

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