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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • phmoore11@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • philipmoore@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?philip=20moore?= <phmoore11@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: philipmoore@k.ro
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:45:49 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PLEASE OBSERVE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: phmoore11@yahoo.co.uk

>From The Desk of: Mr. Philip Moore


First Bank of Nigeria


Lagos, Nigeria.





Dear Sir/Madam,




I am so sorry to bulge on you like this without knowing you prior to


this day but I employ you to please read this mail because it has


immense financial benefits for the both of us.



I am Mr. Philip Moore of first bank of Nigeria, Lagos Branch.


I got your contact on my private search on the


Internet and I listed your name amongst four other names and prayed


over them and decided to contact you directly.



I have a very urgent and confidential business proposition for you and


for our overall mutual interest. On December 6 1999,an American oil


consultant/contractor with theNigerian National Petroleum Corporation


Mr. Henry Gardner made a numbered time (fixed )deposit for twelve


calendar months, valued at USD$25,000,000.00(twenty five-million


dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to


his forwardedaddress but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder


and finally we discovered from his contract employers NNPC that Mr. thomas

died in an automobile accident.



On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and


all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made


further investigation and discovered that Mr. Henry did not declare any


next of kin in all his official documents, including his bank deposit


paperwork.



This sum USD$25,000,000.00 is still floating in the bank and the


interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each


year. No one will come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Laws,


at the expiration of 7 (seven) years, the money will revert to the


ownership of the Nigeria government if nobody applies to claim the


funds.Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to


stand in as a next ofkin of Mr.Henry Gardner. This is simple.



1)I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names and

address so that an attorney will prepare the necessary documents and


affidavits, which will put you as next of kin.



2)We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and

notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter


of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.



3)A bank account in any part of the world, which you will provide to


facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary. The


money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of


60% forme and 40% for you, which we will both sign and agree to, by a


Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) before we proceed with the transfer


of the money to you.



There is no risk at all as the attorney will do the paperwork for


this transaction and with my position as the branch manager guarantees


the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested,


pleasereply immediately via this private email:philipmoore@k.ro


Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant


documents that will help you understand.



PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY, and be rest assured that this


would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your


assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgent


reply via this email below, please save me the anxiety of endless


waiting.Remember to reply to email:philipmoore@k.ro



God bless you as you do.



PHILIP MOORE






- philip moore

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