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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.
• 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.
  • barclays-customers@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barclays services" <barclays.services@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:12:30 -0700
Subject: INVITATION TO ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN/BUSINESS ASSOCIATES


[image: Link to Barclays – International and Private Banking
Services]<http://www.barclays.com/internationalbanking/>

*INTERNATIONAL AND PRIVATE BANKING SERVICES.*
*Barclays Bank PLC. Reg No: 1026167.
Branch Office: Sandton,Johannesburg. *
*Rep. of South Africa.2198.*
*Email:barclays-customers@financier.com *


*INVITATION TO ACT AS A NEXT OF KIN/BUSINESS ASSOCIATES

I am . Maxwell mfalele ,an auditor/business adviser to BARCLAYS BANK
PLC,johannesburg, South Africa. I have urgent and very confidential business
proposal for you.
*


*On May 20, 2000,My client, an Irish Foreign minning consultant/contractor
with the Angloplatinum mine Ltd, Mr. NORMAN DAVIDSON. Made a numbered time
(Fixed deposit) for 24 calendar months, valued at
US$6,200,000.00USDOLLAR (Six Million two hundred thousand dollars
only) in this bank.

Upon maturity in 2001, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After 3 month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers, that Mr. NORMAN DAVIDSON died as a
result of injuries he sustained in a SKII DIVING exercise.


On further investigation, We found out that he died INTESTATE, without
making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. We
therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Norman did not
declare any Next of kin,Associates or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in this Bank.

This sum of US$12,200,000.00 has been floating as unclaimed since 2000 in
this bank as all efforts to get his relatives or associates have proved
abortive. According to the Existing law, at the expiration of 7 (seven)
years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody
applies to claim in this 2007.

Consequently, my proposal is that i want to seek your consent as a foreigner
to stand in as the NEXT of kin or a business Associate to the deceased so
that the bank will transfer the money to your desi- gnated account. All
documents and Legal papers to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out. I have secured from the probate registry and federal office of
Administration, National insurance trust fund and corporate Tax office and
the judiciary an execution order to locate any next of kin/business
associates as beneficiaries, and more so I am assuring you that the business
is RISK- free. You will benefit from this gesture while the rest be for me
and associates.

Dear, you stand the chance of getting 20% of this money as soon as the deal
sails through.

PLEASE, NOTE: ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS THIS

1. JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE.
2. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AN IRISH, YOU CAN BE OF ANY NATIONAL.
3. YOU CAN BE A MALE OR FEMALE.

I have all necessary documents to back up your claims as Next of
Kin OR Business associate on your behalf. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us carry this deal through. I guarantee that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law.


AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED REPLY TO THIS EMAIL:
barclays-customers@financier.com
*


*MY REGARDS,

Maxwell mfalele .*

*International Corporate Services clients DEPT.*

*EMAIL: barclays-customers@financier.com *

*

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