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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)
  • "lagos" (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.
  • jjjerryotuh@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jerry Otuh" <jjjerryott2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:08:56 +0000
Subject: Urgently needed

FROM THE DESK OF JERRY UDE OTUH.
OPERATIONS & AUDITE DEPARTMENT,
FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS,NIGERIA.

Dear Sir/Ma,

I do recognize the surprise this urgent but confidential letter brings to
you, especially as it came from a stranger.

I am Mr. Jerry Ude Otuh, Deputy General Manager/ Head, Treasury &
International Operations of First Bank,Lagos Nigeria In my department, we
discovered an abandoned sum of US$25.150m (Twenty five million, one hundred
and fifty thousand United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs to
one Engr.M. Cin of our foreign customer who died along side with his wife
and Three children on the 21th April 1999 in auto crash along Sagaum Ibadan
Express way.


Since we got the information of his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guide. Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy to
locate any of his extended relatives. But this has also proved
unsuccessful.I have contacted you to assist in securing this money before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank. It's therefore,
upon discovery that I decided to make business with you and release the
money to you as next of kin or relation to the deceased for safe keeping and
subsequent disbursement, since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this
money to go back into Federal Government's account as unclaimed bill.

Note that,it does not necessarily matter,whether you are biologically
related to the deceased or not. As you may bear with me, a next of kin could
be blood relation,business associate, friend or even a well wisher.
So,whether you are related to him or not is never a barrier to realizing
this transaction. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if
such an account remains dormant or non-operational after a period of five
(6) years, the money will be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed
fund.


However, attempts has been made twice by the Government Agency concerned to
confiscate this account since the expiration of the six years if not for my
intervention as the head account and audit dept.as I have always told them
that the next of kin has been in touch with us the request of a foreigner as
next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was
a foreigner. Please be honest to me. Therefore, to enable the immediate
transfer of the fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as
the next of kin to the diseased. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to
you the text of application which you will fax to my bank.


I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me
through my email or phone and send to me your full name telephone and fax
numbers to enable us discuss furthere about this transaction. Please get in
touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further.my alternative email;
jjjerryotuh@yahoo.fr


I expect a positive response from you soonest.

Best regards,
Mr. Jerry Ude Otuh.

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