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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: dumisanio@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 18:10:57 -0600
Subject: Let's work this out

Dear Sir,
I am Dumisani D. the Auditing and accounting manager United Bank of Africa, I
request your co-operation in the project of US$10.5 Million that was deposited
in my
bank by Mr.Rudi Fassnacht from Cologne, Germany in the year 2000.This money
according to his explanation was given to him by an undisclosed football
philanthropist
to shop for African players for his new club in Germany with specific emphasis
on South Africa.
Unfortunately he died along with his entire family on 31st July 2000 in a plane
crash without concluding that very assignment.
Since we got this information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some
body
applies for it as his next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately we
learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at
the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transferred into the bank
treasury as
unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as his next of kin in this business
is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner.
The point is that his employers are not aware of his deposit with us, the whole
details relating to Mr.Rudi Fassnacht deposit is also with me. I am looking
forward for a
foreigner like you who will act as the next of kin actually not coming to my
country for the claim but the fund can be wired transferred into your provided
account. I have
worked out modalities of achieving my aim by appointing you as the next of kin
as well as to transfer the money abroad for us to share.
If you agree to act as the next of kin to enable me transfer the money to our
own benefit, I will give you 30% of entire the sum, 65% will be for me.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH, VISIT THIS SITE BELOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Best regards,
Dumisani D.

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