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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 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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • richardgnassingbe_oceanicbank@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • richardgnassingbe8@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: richard gnassingbe <richardgnassingbe_oceanicbank@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: richardgnassingbe8@myway.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:16:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: from oceanic bank plc


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: richardgnassingbe_oceanicbank@yahoo.ca

from oceanic bank plc


I am richard gnassingbe of the bills and exchange at

the foreign remitance department of oceanic bank

nig.plc. I am offering this proposal to solicite your

support and cooperation to carry out this urgent

business transaction.



Precisely on the 22nd of october,2005.A very

prominent client of ours, the fisrt lady,Chief Mrs

Stella Obansanjo passed away while undergoing surgery

in Spain.Before her death,I personally managed several

accounts for her including those for her pet project

child care trust[C.C.T].During an internal

investigation conducted by her lawyer and myself we

discovered an abandoned sum of money,$28.565[twenty

eight million five hundred and sixty eight DOLLARS.



Since her demise, Nobody has approached the bank

to claim the money because she did not indicate anyone

as her next of kin and besides the details of the

acco unt are still been kept secret by myself and the

lawyer,who incidentally is the only signatory to the

account.



In line with this present scenario,I have

decided to contact you on behalf of the lawyer to

release the money to you for safe keeping.we have

agreed that you can have 30% of the money as a foreign

partner thereafter we will visit your country for

disbursement according to the percentage indicated.



The law and guidelines of the banking industry

in Nigeria stipulates that any account with above

$1,000,000 that remains domicile for a period of four

months after the holder's death is subject to

investigation and verification by the Bank's internal

auditors,after which if no claim has been laid to

it,the money will be transferred to the bank's

treasury.Also as a result of the activities of the

regulatory Bodies involved, we cann ot claim the mo ney

unless it is transferred into a foreign account



Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of

the money to you, the details of bank account

number,telephone no and other relevant informations

are needed urgently.The lawyer will take care of all

legal documents involved while i on my part will

ensure the speedy transfer of the funds to you.



Please your reply is urgently required as we have

less than four months before the internal auditors

begin their investigations. You can contact me through

the email address above

(richardgnassingbe8@myway.com )

Hope to hear from

you soonest.


Richard Gnassingbe.

- richard gnassingbe

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