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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • folumide045@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "frank olumide" <adefemi045frank1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: folumide045@yahoo.ca
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:50:39 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


From: The Desk of Mr Frank Olumide.
The Personal Acoount officer
The General Manager of Standard Trust Bank Plc
E-mail: folumide045@yahoo.ca

Dear Sir/ma,

I am Mr. Frank Olumide, accountant for foreing bill of exchange operation
department of the Standard Trust Bank Plc here in Nigeria. I am writing
following the impressive information about you through an internet
geonological research.

In my department, we discovered along term deposited fund of { $25.M }
Twenty Five Million United States Dollars in an account which belong to a
foriegn customer Late Engr ALLAN. who died along side with his nuclear
family in a plane crash on December 26th 2003 in a neighbouring country
named Republic of Benin in the city of Cotonou and since the bank management
received the information about his death. The management have been expecting
his next of kin to come over for his or her claim as the huge fund can not
be release unless somebody applies for it legally as the beneficiary / next
of kin to the deceased / fund as indicated in our banking guide.

Unfurtunately all efforts to locate the next of kin to the deceased by
the bank management proved abortive.Now as the personal accountant to the
deceased, after much official enquiry / verification through the deposit
files of the deceased, I was able to realise that his supposed next of kin
died along side with him at the plane crash on December 26th 2003.

The banking law and guideline act 00.02 of the foreign beneficiary fund
release stipulates that if such fund remain uncliamed after the exsisting
period of four years, as the fund shall be automatically transfered into the
national treasury account as uncliamed bill. As the personal accountant to
the deceased, I therefore decide to make business with you by releasing the
fund { $25 Million } to you as the next of kin to the deceased for safe
keeping of the fund / subsequent disbursement as I do not want the fund to
be transfered into the national treasury as unclaimed fund.

Note : This transaction is 100% risk free as I have all required
information / documents which shall aid the total accomplishment of this
fund repatriation into your personal account as the beneficiary to the
deceased. Upon the confirmation of your positive response, I shall send to
you by fax / mail the commencement step, full information of the bank and
that of the deceased for instant inception of this transaction.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is highly
occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Nigerian
cannot stand as a next of kin to a foreigner. We agreed that 50% that is
negotiable of this money would be for you as foreign partner. Thereafter I
will visit your country for the disbursement / investing our share according
to the percentages indicated. Please be honest to me. I look forward to your
positive response.

Please note that you are not to appear in person as everything regarding
this project will be strictly handled.

NOTE: Make sure you reply to my email through the email address below for
confidential communication that this transaction require,i will also want
you to send me your phone number for easy commication.

Best regards
Mr.Frank Olumide
Personal Account Officer
Standard Trust Bank Plc.
E-mail: folumide045@yahoo.ca

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