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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: alhadu abubarka <alhaji77abubarka@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: alhaji_abubarka77@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:37:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: SAHEDI.



Sir,
I am contacting you for a profitable business
prosposal. My name is Idris Alhaji Abubarka,I am the
personal assistant to late Mr.muhammad El-Sahedi. EL-Sahedi was an oil merchant from Iran but resident
in Nigeria. He carried on his oil and petroleum
transactions from Nigeria but exported to oversaes.
EL-Sahedi died recently in Iran as a result of the
earthquake that hit that country.He died along with
his whole Family.
Apart from being his personal assistant I was also his
best Friend and confidant.I was therefore in a
position to know all his Financial transactions as he
trusted me . Mr.Sahedi had a deposit of usd$40.5
million with a security and finance company
here which i want you to help me receive and transfer
into your bank account Till i come over to join you
for sharing and investment as you may direct me.
IF you agree to assist me ,I WILL GIVE YOU all the
details of the transaction and the process of
receiving the funds because you will act as the next
of kin to MR.SAHEDI.For assisting me in this business
you will take 20% of THE USD$40.5 MILLION.as your
share and I will take 70% as my share while the
remaining 10% will take care of the expenses we may
insure at the process of the transaction.
You will keep my share for me till I join you in your
country a few weeks after the transfer is made.
I want you to understand that I am not a dishonest
Man. I am only doing this because if the security
company discovers that Mr. Sahedi and all his
relations are dead ,they will turn over the money to
government and this will not help me. please note that
there is no risk in this business as no relation of
Mr. Sahedi is alive today and the security firm does
not know he is dead. When you transfer the money the
security firm will assume it is Mr. Sahedis next of
kin who is doing the transer because I will provide
you with his letters of administration to empower you
as his next of kin.
It was when i learnt of his death that I went to his
room to search for the paper work [Documents] relating
to the said deposit. I Found them in concealed
[secret] drawer in his bedroom.
please reply this message soonest.
Yours sincerely
Alhaji Abubarka




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