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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • office_clark2@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?john=20clark?= <office_clark2@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: office_clark@o2.pl
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:28:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: MR JOHN CLARK Esq.


Jeg har en ny e-mail-adresse!Nu kan du e-maile mig på: office_clark2@yahoo.dk

Mr. John Clark Esq.

London-UK

Email: office_clark@go2.pl


Dear Masaud,


Please forgive me for contacting you through this medium without previous

notice; I had to use email because it is an easier and more confidential way

of making contact for security reasons.


My name is Mr. John Clark, a Fifty-two (52) years old Lawyer and a British

citizen, I have a client whom I am his attorney by name Patricia Viola (SHE

WAS A DIVOICEE) and a contractor and a real estate developer based here in

London but she was abducted and got missing since February 13th 2001.she is

from Bogotá New Jersey I have tried locating her relatives all to no

avail and I published about her missing on many international dailies and

the AMERICA MISSING, ADDUCTED AND LOST PERSONS (A.MA.L.P. FOUNDATION

MINISTRY) for help but all my effort prove abortive. this is the web site of

(A.M.A.L.P.FOUNDATION MINISTRY} where her name was published www.amalp.org


Prior to her missing she has secured a contract of GBP12, 500,000.00 million

from a private firm, following which she received 30% mobilization fee of

GBP3, 750,000.00 and She has successfully executed the contract, but the

balance of GBP8, 750,000.00 of the contract payment was in process for

transfer into her account with Barclays Bank Plc London, which she submitted

to the company before her missing. One year after this sudden event, the

company affected the transfer of the balance of this contract funds into the

account.


As his personal attorney before her death, I have taken record of this fund,

the Directors of the bank Barclays Bank London has been asking me to provide

particulars of Miss Patricia Viola, next of kin so that the Fund could be

remitted to the Next of Kin's account in accordance with their banking

policy, however, as the personal consultant and attorney and also a close

confidant of late Miss Patricia, I want you to know that My late Client died

interstate, i.e., She died without leaving a Will. Hence, all my efforts to

locate any of her relative whom I can present to the Bank as her next of kin

have proved abortive.


Therefore I am offering you a hand of a deal to present you as the deceased

relative/next of kin and subsequently the beneficiary of the fund so the

proceed of this amount valued at GBP 8, 750,000.00 Million can be paid to

you for subsequent disbursement between you and I. If you can cooperate with

me and receive this funds as next of kin to late Miss Patricia, confirm your

interest by contacting me through my confidential email above, I can assure

you that the deal is 100% risk free as long as I am concerned as her Lawyer

because I am in possession of the deceased personal file regarding her

financial matters which contains vital information we will use to prove your

relationship with the deceased to enable the money be paid into the account

of whomever I present as late Miss Patricia Next of kin to the bank when

needed.


When I receive a positive response and after proper discussion with you, I

will furnish you with all relevant information that will facilitate the

release of the Funds to you. I wait for your positive response and your

private phone and fax numbers for easy and more comfortable communication

and also wait for your reply through my private email address:

office_clark@go2.pl


Yours truly

MR JOHN CLARK Esq.

- john clark

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