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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:
  • "million united states 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27834831409 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • latimo0001@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: herry benson <hbson001@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:13:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ATTN:DIRECTOR/CEO REMITTANCE


DR HERRY BENSON LATIMO
The Manager Of File / Debt Recovery Department,
First National Bank South Africa
Tel:+27-83-483-1409
Private Email Adders:latimo0001@hotmail.com
PLANE CRASH WEB
SITE...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

"REMITTANCE OF $25 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS"
(CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")

On a very good day. I am (DR HERRY BENSON LATIMO The Manager of file / Debt Recovery Department with the First National Bank South Africa (FNB).I got your contact from Yahoo Tourist Search.When I was searching for a foreign partner that will assured me of his capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity because i have been prayed to God or Allah to find me a truthfull person.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $ 25 million U.S.A dollars (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS).In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer MR Andreas, who died along with his entire family in (Monday 31St July 2000) in a plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we 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 next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and one official in my department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a south Africa be cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 40 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision an foreign account and if any expenses incurred during the business we will work together and 60 % would be for me and my woman colleague. There after my colleague and I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

I need your immediately reply if you agree to help me soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,
DR HERRY BENSON LATIMO


POST SCRITUM: You have to keep everything secret as to enable the Transfer to move very smoothly into the account you will prove to the bank. As you finished reading this letter call me immediately so that we discuss very well over this business.for security and confidential reasons .I look forward to your earliest reply to this email address: (latimo0001@hotmail.com)



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