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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:

• 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.
  • abdulkarimbukana2005@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "abdul karim" <abdulkarim222@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:44:38 -0500
Subject: Thanks

Foreign Accounts Manager
Lightyears Investment Bank Ltd.
Lagos.
West-Africa

Dear Friend

I am the Manager of Foreign Accounts Department of the Lightyears Investment
Bank Ltd. I am writing to solicit your support and co-operation to assist me
receive the Sum of US$20Million (Twenty Million U.S Dollars) discovered and
abounded in our bank which belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr. Frank
Guy, a national of your country, who worked with PETRO BONDS Limited in
Bonny Island, River State as an Engineer and a Consultant in Deep-Sea Oil
Exploration.

On The 4th of May 2002, Niger-Delta Militia youth group killed Mr. Frank Guy
while servicing an Oil well installation in the Region. To this effect, I
and two other officials in my department have decided to look for a trusted
foreign partner who can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and
claim this money since you are having the same Surname with him.

We need a foreign trusted partner to apply for the claim since the late
customer was a foreigner. And we don't want this money to go into the banks
treasures as unclaimed fund.

All document to effect this process will emanate from my table and I will
perfect every documents to be in accordance with the banking Rules and
Regulations.

We have agreed that 35% of the money will be for you, 5% for expenses
incurred on the both side while 60% will be for my colleagues and me.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Upon reply to this mail, please reply through this email address:
abdulkarimbukana2005@yahoo.co.uk

Best regards,

Prince Abdul Karim.

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