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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • aisha_kafi@yahoo.com
  • tooks_chambers@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: aishashinkafi@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:38:02 -0700
Subject:

RESPECTER OF HUMANITY,


DEAR ,

GREATINGS IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,

Please this contact is for a transfer of 15.5 million
United  States dollars

i am aisha shinkafi,A widow to the Late Abdul shinkafi .I am 52years old,
suffering from long time cancer of the breast.last year, i went for a surgical
operation on my left breast. but ever since then i have being battling with
this illhealth.on the fifth of june this year i went for a medical check
up and i was told that if care is not taking that the cancer is likely to
affect my right breast. as a result of this i need to undergo another medical
surgery and on this note my body needs 6 doses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy
analysis almost on daily basis. This is because, the cancer has gotten to
a very bad stagehand these drugs are very costly to my  reach as of now.

My late husband was killed by unknown gun men on the month of June 6 1999
during political crisis. During  the period of our marriage we had only
one child, who later died at the age of 21 as a result of circle cell anemia.My
late husband was an oil business marchant.he was dealing on oil tools with
shell petroleum company ,Nigeria national petroleum company{N.N.P.C}in Nigeria
and Sao tome and Principe both in africa.

BEFORE MY HUSBANDS DEATH, HE MADE ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE HAD A TRANSACTION
UNDER PROCEES WITH ONE ENGINEER GRAHAM {AN OIL EXPERTRIATE}A BUSSINESS ASSOCIATE
WHO SUPLIES HIM OIL TOOLS .BUT BARELY A YEAR AFTER MY HUSBANDS DEATH I WAS
INFORMED THAT ENGINEER GRAHAM DIED alongside with his family in a Flight
AF4590 which crashed shortly a! fter take off from Charles De Gaulle airport,
outside Paris, at about 4:44 p.m. local time July 25, 2000, 10.44 a.m. Eastern.

{http://www.aeronautics.ru/nws002/reuters044b.htm}

MY CONCERN IS THAT I DO NOT WANT THIS MONEY TO BE EMBEZELLED BY THE CURRUPT
LEADERS OR UNKNOWN PEOPLE WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE OWNER SUFFERED BEFORE
HE GET THE MONEY. BASED ON MY DOCTORS ADVISE, SO I NOW DECIDED TO TRANSACT
THIS MONEY TO THE NEXT AVAILABLE FORIEGNER WHO WILL HELP ME GET THE MONEY
SO THAT I CAN BE ABLE TO PAY FOR MY MEDICAL BILLS AND THE DRUGS PRESCRIBED
TO ME.I HAVE A TWO AND HALF YEARS OLD MALE CHILD WHOM I ADOPTED FROM THE
ORPHANEGE.THIS CHILD IS EVERYTHING TO ME AND I DO NOT WANT HIM TO EXPERIENCE
HARD LIFE OR TO BE REMEMBERD IN THIS WORLD THAT HE IS AN ORPHAN.I WANT TO
BE ALIVE AND GIVE HIM THE BEST OF TRAINING AS A MOTHER.

I WANT YOU TO STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO ENGINEER GARHAM .THE FUNDS US$15.5M
WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT! AS THE BENEFICIARY'S
NEXT-OF-KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOUGET THIS FUND WILL BE
CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND SHALL SEND TO YOU FOR YOUR OWN PERUSAL, MORE SO
I AM ASSURING YOU OF A 100% RISK FREE DURING THETRANSACTION.

SO PLEASE YOU WILL HAVE 30 PERCENT OUT OF THE MONEY.TH
EN YOU WILL SEND 35 PERCENT TO ME AND TEN PERCENT WILL BE SET AT SIDE FOR
ANY EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE ENCURED DURING THE TRANSACTION. YOU WILL USE
THE REMAINING PERCENTAGE JUDICIOUSLY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SOME CHARITABLE ORGANISATION AVILABLE TO YOUR REACH ON MY BEHALF SINCE ENGINER
GRAHAMS NEXT OF KIN COULD NOT BE FOUND.

I SELECTED YOU AFTER VISITING THE WEBSITE AND I PRAYED OVER IT.LASTLY ,I
HONESTLY PRAY THAT THIS MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL BE USED THE THE SAID
PURPOSE.

I WAITE YOUR URGENT REPLY

P.S REPLY TO THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL : aisha_kafi@yahoo.com OR YOU CAN WRITE
TO MY ATTORNEY PATRICK ROCHE;tooks_chambers@yahoo.com.

ADDRESS:Chambers of Michael Mansfield QC
8 Warner Yard,Warner Street,London,EC1R 5EY
DX 68 Chancery Lane

AISHA SHINKFI MRS {JP}

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