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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • tutu_mond@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Desmond Tutu" <tutu_des_002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tutu_mond@myway.com
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:17:46 +0000
Subject: INFORMATIOM FROM LATE(Engineer Smith)





Good day,

Please can i have your attention for a moment? I hope this mail doesn't
come to you as an embarrassment as i receive unsolicited mails sometimes.
The truth about it is that many individuals have failed to understand the
use for which the Internet is set for us to benefit, and therefore some
abuse the privilege.

I am an Accountant ,My name is Mr.Desmond Tutu. I am the personal
Accountant Manager to Engineer Smith, a citizen of your country, who used to
work
with Chevron Development oil company in Nigeria. Here in after shall be
referred to as my client,On the 21st of April 2000, my Client his wife and
their
three children were involved in a drastic car accident Along Sagamu/Lagos
Express Road.Unfortunately him and his three kids lost their lives
immediately in the event
of the accident, while the wife was taken to the hospital where she died
three
days later. Their bodies were kept in the mortuary for five months in order
to carry
out proper investigation by the police on how to locate their surviving
relatives.
They have all checked all available public files and embassies,but all their
efforts had proved
abortive.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, no one has been coming for
his account that he deposited with our bank. And due to the banking law and
regulation of 1985 sub section 18d page 103 chapter 11 of the constitution
governing all banking policy in Nigeria, and in accordance to the
banking decree 003 subsection 45 which stated that any deposited fund which
remains unclaimed after the existing period of four years will be
confiscated
by the national treasury department as unclaimed fund. And this has brought
too much agitation in our bank betweenboards of directors on how to declare
this account unserviceable due to the fact that the deceased has no
next of kin. After the meeting held by the executives of the bank with the
personal attorney to late Smith on 29th of April 2004,they have all agreed
to
extend the date to 28th September, 2006.

Consequently have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they Get confiscated or
declare unserviceable by bank ,Where the deceased had an account Valued at
about ($15,345 million us dollars). The bank has issued out a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated .Since no one has
been
able to locate their relatives for over 3 years now, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that this account
valued at ($15,345 million us dollars)can be paid into any of your provided
account .I have set out an agreeable percentage for you asmy prospective
partner, this is a legitimate transaction.All the necessary documents
concerning
this claim are with the Bank legal department . Remember that the need for
confidential handling of this transaction is very important,I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legal arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law .If you are willing to help reply to my private
contact e mail I.d:tutu_mond@myway.com with this folowing information:

YOUR FULL NAMES......

PHONE NUMBERS........

SEX..................

AGE..................

LOCATION.............

Desmond Tutu .

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