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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)
  • "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mataso Mbik" <matasbi4@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:00:37 +0200
Subject: Fund Investment, Very Urgent ( Mail me Now)

>From Mr. Mataso Mbik
299-7 Eglin Road
Sunninghill
2188
South Africa.

Dear Friend,

RE: TRANSFER OF US$18.559 MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business.Though, this
medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains one of the fastest and secure medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and
it should be treated as such too, as I would not like our discussions to be
exposed freely due to my present position in the office.

At first I would like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and
trouble free to both parties, so that is why I feel quite save to contact
you in this regard.

My name is Mr.Mataso Mbik, I work as the operational manager in account
management section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of a prime
banks here in South Africa.
On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a
Balance of US$18,559,000. 00 (Eighteen million five hundred and fifty nine
thousand U.S dollars only}.

The account holder, now [The deceased] was believed to be incharge of former
Iraq President, Saddam Hussein secret CRUDE OIL transactions in Africa
before his death. On further discreet investigation, I also discovered that
the account holder has died long ago with his family on a fatal
Auto-accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person
knows about this account.

I am in close contact with the manager of the bank here who is my partner
and he is willing to approve the transfer of this fund to any reliable and
trustworthy foreigner with foreign bank account because the former operator
of the a/c is a foreigner.

I am certainly sure that he has no writen or oral WILL attached to the
account , no beneficiary and nobody will ever come again for the claim of
this money. It is only a foreigner who can claim this money with legal
claims to the account holder which I will provide to you if you are
interested, therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction. This
money will remain useless in this dormant
account if I did not transfer the fund out to a foreign account.

I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to
claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner to provide
your safe bank account information for the transfer and to stand as foreign
beneficiary, since the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner.

All arrangement that will ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the
account which you are to nominate is already in place.You should provide me
with your correct account information for the transfer and your direct cell
phone lines for easy communication. I wish for utmost confidentiality in
handling this transaction.

At the conclussion of this transaction, your share will be 15% of the total
transfer sum, 80% for me and my partner while 5% will be set aside for any
expenses both parties might incure during the processing of the transfer.

The fund will be transferred to your account in different parts. I will
first transfer USD 8 Million to your account as a test transfer.On
successfull transfer of the first phase, I will fly over to meet you after
the successfull transfer for sharing according to the agreed percentages; on
successfull transfer of the first part, the remaining parts will be
transferred accordingly.

I will then have the remaining balance of the fund transferred to your
account only after the successfull sharing of the first transfer without any
disappointment from your side.

Let me hear from you URGENTLY by Email so that I will know the next step to
take, I have just contacted only you in this, so please keep me updated
ASAP.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Thanks and very Best Regards.

Yours Truly,
Mr. Mataso Mbik.

NB: Pls. reply to my private email this is for the confidentiality purpose
of this transaction and due to my present position in the office, as such I
would want you to communicate me via email for now.

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