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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • dr.steven_nafo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr.Steven Nafo <info@ecobk.org>
Reply-To: dr.steven_nafo@yahoo.com
Date: 27 Jul 2008 15:27:18 +0200
Subject: YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE NEEDED

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Good Day,



Although, I do not know you in person, I have received your contact via,



personal search while seeking a reliable but obscure individual to assist



me in this pending transaction. It became necessary for me to seek your



assistance as I Want you to Assist in investing my share of the money in



your Country.



Let me start by introducing myself. I am Dr.steven_nafo the chief corporate



officer auditing department Eco bank intl ltd.Accra Ghana. I have a



Obscured business suggestion for you.



I am writting to seek your coperation over this transaction,after the



annual auditing of the year 2006,I discovered an abandoned sum of



($26,000,000 USD(Twenty six million United State dollars) in an account



that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire



family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya,East Africa,the Late DR.



GEORGE BRUMLEY,a citizen of Atlanta,United States of America.



Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his



next of kin to come over and claim his money because it cannot be



released unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the



deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately,all his



supposed next of kin or relation died along with him in the plane crash



leaving nobody behind for the claim.



It's therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this



business proposal to you to make sure his balance of fund will be released



to you via your foreign bank account as the next of kin or relation to the



deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming



for it and this money could go into the Federal treasury as "unclaimed Bill".



The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money



remained unclamed after four years, the money will be transfered into the



federal treasury as unclaimed fund.I think it will be better for us to put a



major part of this funds into helping people suffering from



aids,orphans,displaced persons,etc and keep some percentage,instead of



letting some dubious leaders put this funds in their personal pockets.



The request for your assistance and maximum co-operation as a foreign



citizen to stand as the next of kin in this business is occasioned by the



fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner and a Ghananian cannot



stand as next of kin to a foreigner.



Due to my position in the bank you will play a vital role in the pulling out



the funds since i cannot come out openly and as a foreigner you will be in



a more favourable position to claim these funds.



I agree to offer you 30% of this money as my foreign partner as soon as



we conclude the transfer into your account. 10% will be set aside for



expences incurred during the transfer and 30% would be for me,while we



use the remaining 30% to assist the needy.



You are to send to me the following informations,if you are willing to



work with me;



NAME:



ADDRESS:



OCCUPATION:



PHONE NUMBER:



I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is strictly



confidential and i will use my position in this Bank to effect a hitch free



transfer of this fund into any of your private account.



Please, visit the website below for more informations about the Plane



Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family,



Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY.



SITE.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html



Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.



Yours Sincerely,



Dr.steven_nafo



so get back to me on my



Private Email:dr.steven_nafo@yahoo.com.

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