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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2289243371 (Togo, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • drben2007@adexec.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr BEN OKOCHA" <drbenokocha@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:59:27 +0930
Subject: Attn: Sir, PLEASE READ AND CALL ME FOR MORE INFORMATION.

PLEASE, REPLY THIS MESSAGE THROUGH MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS ( drben2007@adexec.com)


From:
Dr. BEN OKOCHA
DIRECTOR GENERAL,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
COMMERCE BANK, ( www.ecobank.com ).
DBT BUILDING, 2 /20 RUE DE COMMERCE,
LOME-TOGO.

ATTN/ SIR

COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON.

PLEASE YOUR URGENT REPLY TO THIS LETTER IS HIGHLY NEEDED.

Withduerespect and humanity, I write to you this Business Proposal thatwill bevery beneficial to both of us at the end. I am Dr. BEN OKOCHA,theDirector General of AUDITING & ACCOUNTING SECTION in theForeignRemittance Department of COMMERCE BANK, www.ecobank.com, in Togolaise Republic.

Followingtheimpressive information about you which I got from Internet Web whenIwas searching for a reliable person with good profiles to assist meforthis life business opportunity, i am also writing.

Asyoumay like to know, During our investigation and Auditing in thisBank, myDepartment came across a very huge Sums of MONEY belonging toa deceasedperson who died on November 1999 in a plane crash and theMONEY has beendormant in His account with our Bank without any claimof the Funds inour custody either from his Family or His relationbefore our discoveryto this development.

SinceI gotinformation about his death, I have been expecting his next ofkin tocome forward and claim his money because my Bank cannot releaseitunless somebody applies for it as NEXT OF KIN or RELATION tothedeceased as indicated in (our banking guidelines) and policies,butunfortunately I learnt that all his supposed (Next of Kin) orRelationare among the plane crash in that 1999, hence nobody remainsfor theProperty.

It is therefore uponthisdiscovery, I now decided to Make this business proposal to you,inorder to check if you can work with me, so that we can receivethefunds as the (next of kin or relation) to the deceased for safetyandsubsequent disbursement between both of us since nobody is comingforthand I do not want this Money to go into the (Bank treasury)asunclaimed Bill. According to our Banking policies and guidelineHere,it stipulates that if such money remained Unclaimed after Eightyears,the money will Automatically be transferred into the Banktreasury asUnclaimed fund.

The said amountwas (US$28.5Million),(TWENTY EIGHT MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDUNITED STATESDOLLARS). Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claimover thisFunds as well as withdrawing it by you as the bonafide NextofKin/relation to the deceased, get the required Approval andTransferthis money to any Foreign Account has been put in place by meanddirectives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon asyouindicate your interest and willingness to assist Me and alsobenefityour self to the great business opportunity.

InfactI could have done this deal alone but because of my position inthiscountry as a civil servant, we are not allowed to operate aforeignaccount and would eventually raise an eyebrows on my sideduring thetime of transfer because I work in this bank.

Thisisthe actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow whowillforward claims as the Next of Kin with affidavit of trust of oathto theBank and also present a foreign account where he will need themoney tobe re-transferred into.

I will notfail toinform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smoothconclusionof this transaction, I am ready to give you 30% out of thismoney uponreceipt of the total monies into your Account in respect totheprovision of a (foreign account), 5% out of the Money will beshare50-50 after removing any expenses incurred by you or by me duringthecurse of the transaction while 65% will be for me.

Please,youhave been advised to keep top secret as I am still in service andintendto retire from service after I conclude this deal with you. Iwill bemonitoring the whole situation here in this bank until youconfirm themoney in your account and ask me to come down to yourcountry forsubsequent sharing of the Funds according to above mappedpercentage forand further investment, either in your country or anycountry you adviceme to invest in.

All other necessaryinformation of thisbusiness and Text of Application for Claiming theMoney will be sent toyou when I hear from you.

I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible either by phone +228-9243371; or via my private e-mail address, drben2007@adexec.com; stating your wish in this deal.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. BEN OKOCHA.
+228-9243371
NB ><
My alternative/private email address is: ( drben2007@adexec.com ) and PLEASE FORWARD ME YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCASE I NEED URGENT CONVERSATION WITH YOU.

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