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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.
• 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.
  • johnadams0111@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "johnadams0111 adams" <johnadams0111@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:41:16 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE AND CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT:

FROM.MR.JOHN ADAMS.
7 CAPTON G.R.A.
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL: johnadams0111@hotmail.com

URGENT ASSISTANCE AND CONFIDENTIAL
DOCUMENT:

ATTN:DIRECTOR/C.E.O

I am Mr.JOHN ADAMS. the chief auditor of ABSA bank South Africa.I got your
contact address from your country’s Trade Journal. Your impressive and
managerial records made me to solicit for your partnership in these regards.
You are the only person that I have contacted in this business with the
believe that you will not let me down.After going through some old files in
the records department, I discovered that there is an account opened in this
bank in 1982 and since 1992, no body has operated on this account.

The owner of this account is late Mr. Jerome N. Snaga, a foreigner and a
miner at the Anglo Gold Platinum Mining Company in Mafikeng, as a geologist
by profession and he died since 1992. Up till now, no other person knows
about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does
not know anything about this account and the amount involved is US$14M
(Fourteen Million United State Dollars) and I want to transfer this money
into a safe foreign account abroad before the rest, but I’ve not gotten a
trusted foreigner.


I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can be approved to any foreign account
because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account Mr.
Snaga was a foreigner and because of the need to involve a foreign account,
I need your full co-peration to make this work smoothly because the
management is ready to approve this payment to whoever that has correct
information to this account. Of which I will give to you later, if you are
able to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my
instruction and advice for our mutual benefits because this opportunity
will never come again in my life.I need your strong assurance reliability
With my position now in the office, I can transfer this money to any
reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing.


I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money, leaving no trace of any.You can also come to discuss with me
face-to-face then the remittance will be made in the presence of both of us.
Then we will fly to your country at least two days ahead before money gets
into your account .I have the tendency to invest my own share of the money
in your country in expectation to sound management and good capital returns
according to your advice. Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as
the fund belongs to us now.

Therefore,after the eventual stage of the transfer of this fund, I am
offering you 25% of the total fund, 70% will be for me while 5% will be set
aside for expenses that might incur during the course of this transaction or
you can call me to discuss on the percentage if this did not go well with
you. I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this fund,
other business ventures will derive a huge success thereafter.

I will use my position to influence to effect approvals for onward transfer
of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the
ministries and foreign exchange department. I am counting on your sense of
confidentiality, as it is my desire to keep this to yourself.Looking forward
to your urgent response.

Best Regards,

Mr.JOHN ADAMS.


Unless otherwise indicated or obvious from the nature of this transmittal,
the information contained in this email message is privileged and
confidential information intended for the use of the individual or entity
named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or
the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the recipient, you are
hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or coping of this
communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error or
are not sure whether it is privileged, please immediately notify me by this
email address and return or destroy the original.

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