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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Jason Ifeka" <jaso@andromedan.strangled.net>
Reply-To: mrjifeka@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:32:44 +0000
Subject: LETTER OF INTENT!


From the Desk of:
Mr.Jason Ifeka

With great pleasure I Mr.Jason Ifeka, working with a bank here in
Nigeria as a Manager. I am writing you in respect of a foreign
customer (an Oil consultant/contractor with our National Oil &
Liquidified Gas Sector) whom made a US$25M depository for an
investment program that has remained dormant for years now. Hence, I
have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

On my personal investigation, I discovered that the account holder
died on December 2002 in the Ukrainian aircraft crash. I made further
investigation and discovered that the customer died without making a
WILL on the depository.

It may interest you to know that I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local Bank
account here,but can only be approved to a foreigner with an account
since the money is in US Dollars. I have decided as a matter of
urgency upon this discovery now seek yourpermission to have you stand
as next of kin to the fund as No one has ever come forward to claim
this fund. It may also interest you to know that I have secured from
the probate an ORDER OF MADAMUS to locate any of deceased beneficiary.
In accordance to Nigerian Law, fund deposited for over a period of Six
(6) years without claim will be reverted to the Government treasury,
if nobody applies to claim this fund.

I will like you to provide immediately your full Names and
Address,Date of Birth, Occupation, Tel & Fax Numbers so that an
Attorney will be able to prepare the necessary documents and affidavit
which will put you in place as the next of kin. The Attorney will
draft and carry out the notarization of the WILL and also obtain the
necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your
favour for the transfer.At the successful conclusion of this business,
your goodself shall be entitled to have 40% that is, USD$10M of the
total money while I w ill have 55%that is USD$13.750M and 5% that is
SD$1.250M for communications and otherexpenses. I am ready to invest a
reasonable percentage of mine into any viable business you suggest as
a joint partner. Your percentage will also be a source of upliftment.
You have absolutely nothing to LOSE in assisting me instead, you have
so much to GAIN. Be rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us.

Your response is highly imperative as this is a TWO-man business deal
transaction as I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. I need your
assistance and co-operation to this reality as I have done my
Home-work and fine tune the best way to create you as the beneficiary
while I would use my connection and money to secure almost all the
paperwork for this transaction which will be done by the Attorney and
my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution
of this trans action withyou as the beneficiary to this fund.

I will appreciate your early reply for commencement of
business.Contact me for acknowledgment by E-mail and whereby you are
not interested,please indicate in your reply so that I can seek for
the assistance of someone else.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, I expect that you will not take
undue advantage of the trust I Will bestow in you. I await your urgent
response.

Thanks with great regards.
Mr.Jason Ifeka

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