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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: dago usman <privatedago120061@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 03:01:07 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mr.Usman Dago.


From Mr.Usman Dago.

Dear,

Suddenly you got this mail and may be
doubting and wondering how I got your mail contact. Well, I got your
contact from an operator of an internet services in the Chambers of
Commerce and Industry here in Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire, hence I decided
to write you, though I did not mention the transaction to him.

I am
Usman DAGO ,an accountant with one of the local banks here, African
Development Bank Abidjan, the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire.I am contacting
you on this business very confidential. I solicit your urgent
assistance for this

I wish to inform you that we discovered the said
amount of money during our last audit work in the month of April 2004.
Myself and two others of my colleagues discovered money belongs to one
MR Kazu Bakayoko, a very rich farmer who died some years ago the Kenya
airlines plane crash here in Abidjan. Mr. Bakayoko was on board with
his entire family including his next of kin and all of them died in the
plane crash. the account since then nobody has come for claim of these
funds.

We therefore solicit your assistance to come out as the next of
kin to Mr. Bakayoko. As soon as to do so, we will arrange all
formalities . Note that all the modalities of this transfer are RISK
FREE.

We want to make the following points clear for you so that you
can have a better
understanding of why we are contacting you.

1-As
civil servants, we are not permitted to operate or own a foreign
account while in office due to CIVIL SERVICE CODE OF CONDUCT.

2-Our
present financial resources will not be sufficient to process and
procure all documents and formalities from varoius Ministries here,
henc the need for a reliable foreign partner abroad is required for
financial assistance as the case may be.

3-You will be forwarded as
the next of kin of the fund. Your assisting percentage will be as
agreed when you finally get back to us.

Best regards.

From Mr.Usman
Dago.


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