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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:
  • "dear brother " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348024277985 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • martinswilliam9000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MARTINS WILLIAM <martinswilliam9000@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:38:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Associate


Dear Brother schreiblichroddrick

How are you doing, Thanks for your encourage mail ,yes I got your contact mail during my private search for a honest and trustworthy partner that will work with me with one heart and I believe that you are such a person. send me your informations as earlier requested.I will call you,But you can Call me on This +23480 242 77 985.Martins William.

tell me more about your self and send me your contacts,-----FULL NAME AND FULL ADDRESS AND MOBILE,,,,,,And i will be very glad to invest this fund with you in this fund in your country and the main aspect this this procedure is for both of to claim this funds out from my bank to your account first and then i will stop working here and join you over there for us to proceed with the sharing and investing this funds in your country there.

This Morning after receiving your E-mail,By Tommorrow morning ,As soon as i get all your contact informations,I will use your name and informations to sworn an affidevite from the Federal High Court Of Africa on the change of bank CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT of mr john vollmer with the union bank plc to bear your name and contacts,I will attach a copy of the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT for you to view it and keep it in my next e-mail.

So that as soon as we proceed ,everything will be fast and free for us, What I want from you is to apply to the headquarter of union bank plc ,as the next of kin of Mr. john vollmer and the beneficiary of this said fund in his dormant account.

And as soon as the head office receive your request and approves your request, the fund will be transfer into your nominated bank account, within 24hr working hours. I will lead you how to do it and what to do at a point in time, as soon as we proceed.

I have to let you know that this will work out 100% freely, and it is a normal process and it is done everywhere in the world., if a depositor of an account in a bank is dead, someone can apply as the next of kin of the person, as the beneficiary of the said fund and it dose not matter which country or the tribe,

But what matters is who’s name is in the documents in the bank as the next of kin of this Mr. john I believe this will bring us together after this transaction, what we need is only trust and harmony in this transaction ,

Meanwhile ,you have tried your best to make sure you secure this fund, when finally transfer to your nominated bank account, I am from London but I am working in Nigeria as the branch manager of one the branches of union bank of Nigeria plc .No 34/36 ,Obacran street, Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria and I live permanently in Lagos Nigeria now, at N0 9,flat 4 blend street ,Victoria island Lagos Nigeria ,I am 45 years man ,My Mobile Number Is,+234 80 242 77 985.

I have been working here since 5years Now and I residence here as well, and I will attached my picture in my next e-mail and send to you.. I will arrive in your country to discuss in mode of investment as soon as the fund is transfer to your account, ,I was comfortable and God spoke to me that you are a nice person and you cannot cheat me or run away with this fund it is transfer to your account and I pray over it and over it and made up my mind to go ahead with you,

When I watch you from here and watch you as a straight forward person. Once again there is no risk or trace about this, all about this transaction is 100% free and I will use my position here as the branch manager to make sure that this fund is transfer to you as the next of kin, but I will be directing you indirectly from here on what to do and how to do it, but remember that I am still working as one of the staffs in the bank, it is not necessary if I show up my self. but I will lead you how to do it.

So be rest assured that I am with you and there is no trace and no risky or you going into harm since we are move in a legal transaction with all the information provided in the statement of account. if you can be able to come down in nigeria to see things your self fine,because seeing is believing but if cannot be able to come down here and that means we are going to look for a lawyer and to get the documents the bank will demand from us by the bank.

you can agree with me that maybe we will spend a little money to get all this done like .making calls and faxing some documents and procurement of the needed docuements through the help of the lawyer which the bank will demand from us as a back up of our claim.

Here you will have %30 of the total 10MILLION USD and 10% will be map out from any little expenciese both of us made locally or internationaly during the execution of this transaction,So any little expencies me and you made during this transaction shall be paid back from the %10 map out before we share the total fund.still bear in mind that good things do not come very easily,we are talking about 10millionUSD is not a childs play and you can understand.


Could you imaging that I only paid 14,000 Naira (fourteen thousand nairIa) in Nigerian currency which is equivalent to $100USD.this money could not even afford anything good to me and my brothers and with this you can see that I cannot cope up here in this country and this is the reasons why we have to get this transaction done so that I can get myself out of this country and get good things doing in life in your country my brother, I believe you will not let me down, because this transaction will change the life of our both families for good,that is why i cannot do this alone and i need your assistant in this matter.
Once again,

I will still use your information to fill some forms and documents of account of Mr. john vollmer, and it will bears your names and contacts now as the next of kin, so that as soon as you apply to the headquarters of this branch, it will be easy and authentic to believe and the fund to be transfer to you as the next of kin.a copy of the statement of the account will be fax to you for documentation.

Remember that you are the only person I told about this, keep everything about this transaction confidential., try as much as you can to assists to the execution of this transaction and it will do us good in feature, and God will bless you and you will never regret knowing me in life and this will bring our life for good.

try and get back to me and bear in mind that this transaction will not take up to 4-5 working days to be completed as soon as we get the demands of the bank which lead to our success.if you agree with me ,i will send you the certificate of deposite of mr john to enable you understand .

Tomorrow, I will prepare and draft the sample of THE LETTER OF CLAIM which you will fax and send through private e-mail contact of the HEADOFFICE of this bank ,regarding this Claim, Also I will draft the STEPS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IN THIS TRANSACTION which will lead us to success,

I will send you both the fax number and private contact of the HEADOFFICE of this bank, where you will send and fax the LETTER OF CLIAM,I will send to you to read and understand and fax and send to the appropriate destinations, as I directed and you have to follow up my advice to enable us achieve our goals. Forward all your reply here, because this is my Private e-mail Address: martinswilliam9000@yahoo.com

Thanks and Remain Blessed.
Martins William


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