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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "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.
  • gmrnelsondonell001@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?donell=20mrnelson?= <mrnelsondonell001@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: me2006donellnelson@yahoo.com.br
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 18:54:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend,


§Ú¦³·sªº¹q¶l¦a§}¡I§A²{¥i¹q¶lµ¹§Ú¡Gmrnelsondonell001@yahoo.com.hk

Dear Friend,


I Am Mr.Nelson Donell the Manager, Bills And Exchange at the Foreign


Remittance Department Of The Cometh International Bank Plc, 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 & decided to contact you directly. I have a

very urgent & confidential Business Proposition for you & for our


overall mutual interest. On the 6th march 2000, our Customer,


a Mexican National, late Engr. Carlos Montoya, an Oil Merchant /


Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, deposited ,a valued


amount of US$25Million 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, & finally we discovered from his contract


employers NNPC, that late Engr. Carlos Montoya until his death Four


years ago in a ghastly terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight


11, from Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, crashed


into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre (WTC) with 86 people on


board.


All occupants of the Aero plane unfortunately lost their lives. On


further investigation, I ! found out that he did not leave a WILL & all


attempts to tr ace his Next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made


further investigation & discovered that late Engr. Carlos Montoya did


not declare any Next of kin in all his official documents, including


his bank deposit paperwork. This sum US$25Million 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 7 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 late Engr.


Carlos Montoya. This is simple.


All I require is your honest and co-operation to enable us see this


deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a


legitimate arrangem! ent that will protect you from any breach of the


law. I will want you to send to me on your return email the following


information for the transfer in your favour.


1. Your full names as the Beneficiary of the Fund.


2. Your contact address.


3. Your private phone and fax numbers we will be communicating to each


other and as soon as I received I will definitely call you.


Lets consider that our ratio of sharing will be as stated Thus;


1. I as the Originator of the Fund will take 60% of the transferable


Fund.


2. You as the Manager of the Fund will take 40% of the transferable


Fund.


Most importantly, CONFIDENTAILITY as what I saw as the life wire to


the success of the transfer of this Fund must have to be emulated


between you and me. You have to use this media to promise me that you


will not in anyway expose the conte! nt of this transaction to anybody


be it your Friends, Colle agues and Co-Workers to enumerate a fee. With


the act of emulating CONFIDENTIALITY I tell you that the sky will be


our limit as soon as this Fund is transferred in our favour as you the


Beneficiary of the Fund.


I will also want you to send your reply to this email


(mrnelsondonelll@walla.com) as soon as you get this mail to


enable us discuss on the modalities and processes for success of this


transaction.


Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and understanding.


I wait for your kind response. Remain blessed.


Mr.Nelson Donell.





- donell mrnelson

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