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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found 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.
  • grecollins46@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: COLLINS GREG <grecollins33@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:00:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hope to hear from you.Gerard Lobo


From the Desk of: Mr.Collins Greg.
{Head, Corporate & Investment Banking}
Banque Togolaise Bank, Lome Togo.

Dear Lobo,

Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr Collins Greg, Head, Corporate & Investment Banking with Banque Togolaise Bank, Lome Togo.This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from someone you have not met before and due to high volume of Spam mail that goes around the world through this means but I have no other choice than to send it to you through the internet means, Therefore, I will appreciate it if you honor it and give me all your trust and full co-operation.

I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my myself. As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the world trade center (WTC) Regional office in Lome,Togo. Although the details of my intention was not made known to them.

Proposition : An America Mr. Morris Thompson who is an consultant/contractor with TOGO GOVERNMENT had in our Bank the sum of US$15.5m in a domiciliary account Number:14-2558-2004, of which I am the account officer,he unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.

He named his wife, as the next of kin. Unfortunately, two of them died in a plane crash you can confirm it yourself viawebsite:site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ Efforts had been made by the management of my Bank through the American Embassy to contact any of the deceased children but to no avail, as we were made to understand that the couple had no children. Given the skeletal information available to the Bank, it has so far been impossible to reach any of the relatives.

The option left for the Bank management is to declare the deceased account dormant and revert the funds to trading on behalf of and in the interest of the Bank. In TOGO, and almost all other parts of African continent, when Banks acquire funds such as that of Mr. Morris Thompson, they are required by law to donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust Fund For Arms And Ammunitions.

Arms and ammunitions purchased with funds from the Trust Fund are used to further enhance the course of war in Africa and invariably turbulence of some sort in the world in general.

It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this negative development that my Colleagues and I now seek your assistance to have you stand as a distant relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. Morris Thompson, so that the funds would be released to you. All documents and proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully packaged once we receive your consent on this proposal.

May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free, as we have taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free transaction.

I have the authority in transaction to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction your share would be 35% of the US$15.5million, 60% for me. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Please reply along with these followings for effective proceedings.

1 your full name
2 tell phone number
3 fax number4. address and other relevant
informations.
Thanks and GOD BLESS

COLLINS GREG.
email me back with this mil address grecollins46@yahoo.com


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