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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "souza roger" <rogersouza200@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rogersouza2@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:59:18 -0500
Subject: good day sir,

Dear Sir,
Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does meet your ethics, I will
introduce my self as a staff in the account management section of a well
known bank of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK here in Republic of Benin.

One of our account with holding balance of USD$ 10 Million (ten million
United State Dollars) has been dormant and has not been operated for the
past 1 years.

From my investigation and confirmations, the owner of this account is a
foreigner by name MR IBRAHIM ALFA who unfortunately died in the plane crash
of Union Transport Africa Flight Boeing727 in Cotonou, Benin Republic, in
December 25th 2003. You will read more about the crash by visiting this
website: www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ or http://
english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/384/11653_Aircrash.html
And since then nobody has done anything as regards the claming of this money
because he has no family members who are aware of this existence, neither
the account nor the funds. Also information from the NATIONAL IMMIGRATION
state that the he was also single on entry into Republic of Benin.

I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the bank officials and we
have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with, We thus propose
to do business with you, stating in as the next of kin of these funds from
the deceased and release to you after due process have been followed.

I agreed to offer 30% of the total fund to you for your assistance to act as
next of kin to the owner of this account, to provide account Thereafter, I
and my family will visit your country for disbursement and for investment in
your country.

This transaction is totally risk-free as the fund is a legitimate and does
not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorist or any other illegal act.

Hope to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully

BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

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