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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • directorchukwu3@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • directorchukwu@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jim chukwu <directorchukwu3@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: directorchukwu@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:07:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE/CONFIDENTIAL


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: directorchukwu3@yahoo.ca

Dear

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

A foreigner, an American, late Engr. John waley (Snr) an oil merchant with

the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death years ago in Kenya Air

Bus (A310 - 300) Flight KQ430, Banked with us in lagos state nigeria,

and has a closing balance a s at the end of Sept. 2000 worth US$66.5M

(sixty-six million five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), the bank

now expects a next of kin as a beneficiary. Valuable efforts are being made

by the bank to get in touch with any of the Wa ley's family

or relatives but to no success. It is because of the perceived possibility

of not being able to locate any of the late Engr. John waley (Snr). Next of

kin (He had no wife or children that is known to us]. The management under

the influence o f our chairman and members of the board of directors that

arrangement has been made for the fund to be declared Unclaimed and

subsequently be donated to the trust fund for arms and ammunition to further

enhance the course of war in Africa and the world i n general. In order to

avert this negative development, some of my trusted colleagues and I now

seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to late Engr.John

waley (Snr) so that the fund US$66.5 million will be released and paid into

your accou nt as the beneficiary's next of kin. All documents and proves to

enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. We have secured from

the probate an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiary's,

and more so we are assuring you businesses 100%riskfree involvement. Your

share stays while the rest be for myself and my colleagues for investment

purpose, according to agreement within both parties. As soon as we receive

an acknowledgement of receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual

business proposal, we would furnish you with the necessary modalities and

disbursement ratio to suite both parties without any conflict. If this

proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage of the trust we

have bestowed in you.

Yours faithfully,

DR. JIM CHUKWU.

EMAIL:directorchukwu@yahoo.com.hk

(DIRECTOR-FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT)

- jim chukwu

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