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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.
• 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.
  • abmagret_uae@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • obaidnasseruae@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Magret Abdullah" <obaidnasseruae@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abmagret_uae@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:30:07 +0400
Subject: Business Proposal from National bank Asst. Manager (Mrs. Magret Abdullah)

Mrs. Magret Abdullah,
ASST. MANAGER
National Bank of Dubai
Fujairah Branch
Hamed Bin Abdulla Road, Merashid
U.A.E.
Email: abmagret_uae@yahoo.com
Email: obaidnasseruae@yahoo.com

Sir,

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal, I Got your e-mail address in Internet while browsing after I decided to contact you and ask for your assistance in this urgent matter, requiring trust and confidentiality. I am Mrs. Magret Abdullah the Branch Asst manager, National Bank of Dubai Fujairah Branch
Hamed Bin Abdulla Road, Merashid United Arab Emirates, married with four children.
I am writing this letter unbehalf of my manager Mr. Obaid Nasser and i to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in our department. On June 6, 1999, an America
Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corporation, Mourad Omonir Yassa, made a
numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, Valued at US$ 9,500,000.00(Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars )in my branch upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Mourad Omonir Yassa,died in the plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it your self via the website below:

<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml>
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml>

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and attempts
to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank.This sum of US$ 9,500,000.00 and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year.
No one will ever come forward to claim it According to UNITTED ARAB EMIRATES LAW, at the expiration of (seven) years; the money will revert to the ownership of the UNITTED ARAB EMIRATES Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
My proposal is that I will like you to stand as the next of kin to Mourad Omonir Yassa, so that the fruit of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt Government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full name and address so that I can forward to you the contact of our bank Attorney for the preparing
the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in place as thenext of kin.
Any bank account in any part of the world, which you will provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in ratio of 70%for me and 20% for you and 10 % will be set aside for expenses incured during the business.
There is no risk at all;
The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the
Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address, upon your responses, I shall provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.
Please observe outmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Please upon the receipt of this mail message, send to me the following to enable me present you to the Manager to enable him start processing the transfer.
(1).Your Full Name.
(2).Your Phone Number and Fax,

Thank You And God Bless You.

Yours Sincerely

Mrs. Magret Abdullah

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