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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)
  • "foreign remittance manager" (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)
• 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.
  • hassaji@gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: "hassan husseini" <husseini83@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hassaji@gawab.com
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 13:49:26 +0000
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT!

FROM THE DESK OF MR HASSAN USTAZ HAJI,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER.
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)(ANNEX)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASSO

PLANE CRASH WEB
SITE...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm



Dera Firiend,

( "REMITTANCE OF $30 MILLION U.S.DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE
CASE")

I know that this letter may come to you as a suprise.I got your contact
address from the computerized search when I was searching for a business
partner.
My name is MR HASSAN HAJI, I am the Bill and Exchange(assistant) Manager of
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) Ouagadouguo Burkina Faso.

In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of USD$30.000.000 (THIRTY
MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS). In an account that belonged to one of our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that
happened on 31st July 2000.

Since I got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the deceased, as
indicated in our banking guildelines but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside side with him in the
plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business
proposals to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relation to
the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming
for it, because I don't want the money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed fund. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such
money remains unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our late
customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. I have agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign
partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account.10% will be set
aside for expenses that may occure during the course of the transaction and
60% would be for me, after which I shall visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.
Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as we
arranged,you will furnished me with a good receving account detail where the
money will be transfered,your private telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a text of
the application which you shall retype and fax to our foreign remittance
manager,for easy execution of the transaction.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%
hitch-free on both side. As all required arrangement have been made for the
transfer.
Please I would like you to keep this transaction confidential and as a top
secret as you may wish to know that I am a Bank official.

You should contact me on my Alternative e-mail hassaji@gawab.com
immediately you receives this letter.


Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Sincerely
HASSAN USTAZ HAJI

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