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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 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.
  • mark_okoh2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?mark=20okoh?= <mark_okoh2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mark_okafor2006@o2.pl
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 11:29:31 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: NEXT OF KIN $10M CLAIM IN YOUR NAME


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mark_okoh2006@yahoo.co.uk

NEXT OF KIN $10M CLAIM IN YOUR NAME

DESK OF Mark Okafor

FIRST BANK PLC NIGERIA

mark_okafor2006@o2.pl


Irrespective of similar mails or news of this nature, I would like to let you

know that this my request is not a fraud or a scam, but real.


SEE THIS SITE FOR MORE PROVE.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4368516.stm


I am Mark Okafor an accountant with one of the banks in my country Nigeria.I got your esteem contact address from internet during my search for any relation to my client a Foreign Expertrate Engineer with one of the oil companies in my country He was among the victims of the Bellview Airlines flight 210 .The reason for contacting you was due to the similarity in your

name I want you to help me receive $10million dollars into your account.


The newly appointed director of my bank has ordered that we should compile the list of dormant account to enable the bank sieze the money. Since know body has applied as next of kin to the late Engineer.


As a Christian I have decided that instead of loosing the whole money to the bank, I will rather donate the money to any charitable organisation in your country such as homeless and motherless homes, for Pets up bringing and some other related organisation.If you are interested to assist me,I will give you the contact of my bank head office so that you will contact the bank with the deposite certificate of the fund, which I will send to you as soon as you responds.


All I need to do is to include your name as a relation to the Engineer.(Next-of-kin)The amount involved is $10million dollars,I had resolved to share the money as follows:30% for me. 30% for you and 30% for the charity organisation.10% for

expencess,I will therefore send you the certificate of deposit of the fund so that you can forward it to our bank .Do please send me your contact address, phone and fax numbers if any and your drivers license or copy of your international passport.


I await your urgent responds.


Thanks


Mark Okafor


email: mark_okafor2006@o2.pl




- mark okoh

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