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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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• 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 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.
  • mrallihssn1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
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Fraud email example:

From: mralli hassan <mrallihssn1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrallihssn@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:30:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrallihssn1@yahoo.com

You can now email me at: mrallihssn1@yahoo.com


Nigeria Oil and Gas Head Quarters,


Century Plaza,1A Kings Way Road,


South West Ikoyi,Lagos,Nigeria.


Tel: +234.1.476.8891,


Secured Non Local Fax: 14199317004


Email address mrallihssn@yahoo.com



Exclusive Attention:


Via Fax:4955197548



Dear Friend,



You may wonder who I am and why you were considered worthy


for the business I shall here under introduce as well as


what it entails.



My name is Mr.Alli Hassan, I am the Executive Director


of the Nigerian Department of Oil and Gas Head Quarters. It


happened that we had a Contractor by name Charles Steneberg


who was awarded a Contract to Supply System Optimization


Equipments by my Department in 2003.


He has since completed this supply contract valued at


US$22,500,000.00 and was about to be paid before his


untimely death.



Late Charles Steneberg, his wife and their only daughter


were among 117 passengers killed in a plane crash on


October 23rd 2005.For further enquiry please log on to


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/nigeria.plane/>.


All of the passengers on board lost their lost their lives.


Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of


his extended relatives that proved unsuccessful. My


investigation revealed that Late Charles Steneberg was an


American citizen but he spent most of his life living in


Africa especially in Nigeria working as contractor.



I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the contract


fund valued at US$22,500,000.00 (Twenty-Two Million, Five


Hundred United States Dollars Only) left behind by the


contractor before it gets confiscated or declared


unserviceable by the Nigeria Government. To this end the


Federal Ministry of Finance through the Office of


Accountant General of the Federation have issued my office


a final warning notice to provide relative of the deceased


contractor or the contract payment will be confiscated


within the next thirty (30) official working days.



Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives


for nearly 5 months now, I seek your consent to present you


as relative of the deceased contractor since you have same


surname so that the fund will be paid to you. I have worked


out modalities for successfully release/remittance of the


money into your bank account and its 100% risk free all


that the Ministry of Finance need from me is to provide a


relative of the decease and the money will be paid to you.


When the funds have been successfully transferred to your


account I will fly over to your country for disbursement


and investment, I will give you 30% of the money 10% for


any incidental expenses while 60% is for me. Therefore, on


receipt of your positive response, I shall then begin the


process.



Furthermore, I have all necessary information and legal


documents needed to back up the claim/transfer. All I


require fromyou is your honest cooperation to enable us see


this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be


executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you


from any breach of law.Please get in touch with me through


my above contact numbers or my Email address or fax for


more details.



Best regards,


Mr. Alli Hassan Nigeria Oil & Gas Head Quarters,


Direct Mobile: 00234 803 809 6906




- mralli hassan

- mralli hassan

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