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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <chiwetalu_onumab2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:44:06 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Requesting Your Urgent Investment Partnership

Hello Dear,

I am Mr. Chiwetalu Philips Onuma, an accountant officer with Intercontinental Bank,Plc (I.B.P) branch here in Dakar Sengal. Sir I gathered your information from my country's international chamber commerce and industries, The business I am about to introduce is basedon sheer trust and with a sense
of purpose. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the sum of ($18.2M)u.S dollars.The money and property left behind by (James Groover D.) an American Chair Merchant here in my country who died accidentally On the 21st of April 2004. Sir, I gathered all this information through a good
source after my several routine note to his forwarding address because he had served here in Dakar Senegal as a business consultant with the Senegalaise National Petroleum & Gas Corperation.S.N.P.G.C and a legal adviser to the O.P.E.C Chairman.

Since then I have made several enquiries to American embassy here in Dakar Senegal to locate any of his extended relatives or family, this has also proved unsuccessful to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I am his account officer and I contact you to work with you before the
fund get confiscate or declared unserviced by the bank management and board of my directors because the management of my bank has been delibrating on how to revert this fund to the bank privacy and Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you are a foriegner so that the proceeds of this account valued at $18.2Million can be paid to you and then you and I will share the money 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% will be maped out for any miscellaneous expenses that might incure
in the cause of this transaction.
Note, I have all the necessary legal documents to back up this claim, and this I must do to make sure that this fund is not wasted or end up in the wrong hands. All I require is your honest and sincere co-operation to enable us see this ordeal and claim through, again I guarantee you that this
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

for further explanations before proceed and as soon as I hear from you, A VERY GOOD EVIDENCE WILL BE GIVING TO YOU FOR CONFIRMATIONS IF NEEDS.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Chiwetalu Onuma




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