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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: "officialmax2008@terra.es" <officialmax2008@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:08:19 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: RE: A SINCERE REQUEST FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION


I am George Philips, a solicitor at law and Queens Counsel (QC), personal =
Attorney to Mr. Michael Gordon, a national of your country, who used to wor=
k with the=20

Shell Development Company in London, here in shall be referred to as my cli=
ent.=20

On the 21st of April 2000, my client his wife and their only daughter were =
involved in a ghastly car accident on the M25 Motorway here in England. Al=
l the occupants=20

of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made seve=
ral enquiries with your Embassy here to locate any of my late client=E2=80=
=99s extended relatives. =20

These have proved unsuccessful.=20

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to solicit the assista=
nce of an external partner to help me transfer the funds abroad, hence I co=
ntacted you. I=20

have contacted you to assist in repatriating abroad the funds, valued at US=
$12 Million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared=
unserviceable by=20

the financial organisation where this huge amount was deposited.=20

The said financial / security organisation has issued me a notice to provid=
e the next of kin or have his (my late client) account confiscated within t=
he next twenty-one=20

working days. Since I have been unsuccessful with locating the relatives f=
or over 2 years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin t=
o the deceased so=20

that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.=20

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the =
sharing terms for transfer. I have all necessary information and legal do=
cuments needed to=20

back you up for the claim. All I require from you is your honest co-opera=
tion to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will=
be executed under=20

legitimate arrangements that will protect you from any breach of the law.=
=20

Please get in touch with me via this email address or phone number, for mo=
re details. I contacted you by email because I believe it is more=20

confidential.
=20
Best Regards.=20
=20
George Philips QC.=20
(BA, LLB, MA)





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