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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • tombellongmt@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?tom=20bello?= <tombellongmt@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: tombellongmt@walla.com
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:55:36 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GOOD NEWS


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



From the desk of:

Mr.Tom Bello

Owena bank ltd

Lagos,Nigeria.

Please reply to this my private

Email(tombellongmt@walla.com


Dear friend,



I am Mr.Tom Bello,Bank Manager of Owena bank ltd, Lagos Branch.I got your

contact from the world trade center (WTC) Regional office in

lagos,Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was not made known to

them.

Actually,I listed your name amongst four other names & prayed over them <br>
decided to contact you directly.I have a very urgent & confidential

bussiness proposition for you & for our overall mutual interest. On june 6th

1997,an merican oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National

Petroleum Corporation Mr Barry Kelly made a numbered time(fixed) deposit for

twelve calendar months,valued at SD$25,000,000.00(twenty five million

dollars) in my branch.Upon maturity,i sent a routine notification to his

forwarded address but got no reply.After a month we sent a reminder,<br>
finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC,that Mr.Barry died in

an automobile accident.On further investigation,i found out that he did not

leave a WILL & all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation & discovered that Mr.Barry did not

declare any next of kin in all his official documents,including his bank

deposit paperwork.

This sum USD$25,000,000.00 is still floating in the bank and the interest is

being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.No one will

come forward to claim it.According to Nigerian Laws, At the expiration of

7th years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian government

if nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently,my proposal is that i

will like you as a foreigner to stand in as a next of kin of Mr Barry

Kelly.This is simple.

1)I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names & address

so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents & affidavits,which

will put you as next of kin.

(2)We shall employ the services of two attorneys for drafting & notarization

of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter of

probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

3)A bank account in any part of the world,which you will provide to

facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary.The money

will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me

and 40% for you.There is no risk at all as the attorney and my position will

do the paperwork for this transaction as the branch manager guarantees the

successful execution of this transaction.

If you are interested,please reply immediately via this private emai

ddress:((tombellongmt@walla.com) Upon your response,I shall then provide you

with more details and relevant documents that will help you

understand.PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY,and be rest assured that

this would be most profitable for both of us because i shall require your

assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via this email above,please save me the anxiety

of endless waiting,God bless you.

Mr.Tom Bello

Owena bank ltd.

Lagos,Nigeria.

Please reply to this my private

Email::(tombellongmt@walla.com)





- tom bello

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