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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • agmyomi05@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fowlernde@omaninfo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Fowler=20Tunde?= <agmyomi05@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: fowlernd@yahoo.it
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:24:30 +0800 (CST)
Subject: 20th March,2006


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: agmyomi05@yahoo.com.sg

20th March,2006


>From the Desk of: Mr.Tunde Fowler

AGM,Private Banking Group.

Chartered Bank Plc

E-mail : fowlernde@omaninfo.com


Dear Friend,


My name is Mr.Tunde Fowler with Chartered Bank Plc,I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person to handle a confidential transaction on my behalf.



l write in respect of a foreign customer with Current A/C number:14-2558-2004,who nfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site; http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/



The owner of this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and a resident of Alaska.Since the death of this our customer Mr. Morris Thompson, I have kept a close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to the late Mr. Morris Thompson. The total amount in the account US$35million and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account.It is only an insider,the account owner or a next of kin who has information about the account that could produce the Code or password of the deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner.



As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the needed information other than my very self-considering my position in the bank.Based on the fact that Mr. Thompson's family perished in the sameflight accident, leaving no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of kin,so I am seeking for your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to late Thompson, and

arrange for the release of the funds to your honour for our mutual benefit.



Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank through the America Embassy in Lagos to contact any of the deceased children but tono avail, as we were made to understand that the couple had no other children.Given the skeletal information available to the Bank, it has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives. The option left for the Bank management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the funds to trading on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank.



If there is more delay in moving this money out, this money will be pushed to the Treasury of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 70 -30%. You shall have 30% of the funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the bank.I hope this is a fair sharing?



If you are willing and ready to assist with this business then confirm to the following information of yours below for further proceedings:

(1) Your Full Name

(2) Your Full Home address.

(3) Your telephone and fax numbers " For effective communication"

{4} A copy of your international passport or Driver's License

{5} Your occupation



I look forward to hearing from you urgently so that we can proceed accordingly.


Kindly forward your willingness urgently to my private e-mail: fowlernde@omaninfo.com



Thanks and best Regards.

Mr.Tunde Fowler

AGM,Private Banking Group.

Chartered Bank Plc.

E-mail: fowlernde@omaninfo.com





- Fowler Tunde

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