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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MICHEL ONAH" <mcelon6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mich_onah@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:04:21 +0100
Subject: TRANSACTION

Mr. Michel Onah
Executive Director
Corperate/Investment Banking
Stib Nigeria Plc.


Dear Friend,

Compliments, and how is life generally with you? Of course it is my
humble
wish to crave your indulgence to make this project request for a
business
transaction, which I hope, will not come to you as a surprise hence I
plead
for your pardon.My name is Mr Michel Onah the Executive Director,
Corperate and Investment Banking, of Stib Finance & Security Bank
Nigeria
Plc, a well-known bank in Nigeria. I have an obscured business
suggestion
for you. One of our accounts with a holding balance of Money Valued
USD17,000,000.00 (Seventeen Million Dollars only) has been dormant
and
has not been operated for the past six years.

>From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account,a
foreigner died in January 31 2000 in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines
Flight 261 and since then nobody has done anything as regards the
claiming
of this money because he has no family members who are aware of the
existence of the account nor the funds.

Also Information from the National Immigration stated that he was also
single on entry into Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the bank officials
and
we agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with.In fact we
could
have done this deal alone but because of our position in this country
as
civil servants, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and
that
would eventually raise an eye brows on our side during the time of
transfer
since we still work in this bank, this is the actual reason why we
required
a second party or fellow who will assist us forward claims as the next
of
kin with informations which will be made available to you.

We thus propose to do this business with you, standing in as the next
of
kin of the deceased, for the funds to be released to you after due
processes have been followed. This transaction is totally risk and
trouble
free as the fund is legitimate and does not originate from drugs,
money
laundering, terrorism or any other illegal act.

The sharing of the fund between us, is as follows; 40% of the total
sum
will go to you for your effort and commitment to the success of this
transaction. 60% for me and my collague's.

Best Regards,

Mr. Michel Onah.

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