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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: REV FATHER LOUIS <revlouis@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rev.fr_louis@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 21:13:53 +0000
Subject: PLEASE REPLY BACK




Christ Church,
641 high road, north finchley,
London.

ANNT:
Notification of Bequest
On behalf of the Trustes and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Willy Bubenik, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter to you through the Post Office was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you via your e-mail address . I wish to notify you that late Engr.Willy Bubenik made you a beneficiary to his will. He left the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (US$750,000)to you in the codicil and last testament to his
will.

Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good.Engr.Willy Bubenik until his death was a former managing director and pioneer staff of a giant construction company. He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out.His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time.Late
Engr. Willy Bubenik died on the 9th day of February 2006 at the age
of 82 years,
and his Will is now ready for execution.

According to him this money is to support your Christian activities and to help the poor and the needy. Please If I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavour
to get back to me as soon as possible to enable the immediate execution of your portion of the bequest to enable earlier disbursment by the Paying Bank.You should forward along your telephone and fax numbers,including a proof to confirm your identity as
the beneficiary in question and your current mailing address if different from the above.

Proof of Identity should be either clergy ID or International passport or drivers License.On demand I would send you the Obituary notice of Late Willy Bubenik for your perusal and maybe you would recognise him .I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

Yours in His service,
Rev Fr.louis (esq.)
Parish Priest
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