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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barristerkufo_co@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Barrister Kufo <barristerkufo_co@islamicnetwork.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:51:47 -0400
Subject: To Be Next Of Kin To Dr. KHALIL AL NASSER.

Barrister Ben Kufo & co
3rd Floor. Law house, Victoria Island.
Email: barristerkufo_co@sify.com

Dear Friend,

This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners. I am Barrister Ben Kufo, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Dr. KHALIL AL NASSER

I write you this proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you with the information I am about to reveal to you. I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On November 6, 2001, my client an Iraqi Foreign Oil consultant/ contractor with the CHEVRON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, MR. KHALIL AL NASSER made a (Fixed deposit) for 36 calendar months, valued at US$17,500, 000.00 (Seventeen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) with Diamond Bank Limited here in Nigeria.

Upon maturity in 2004, it is the duty of the bank to notify him on the maturity date so they sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but the letter was returned undelivered. After sometime, they tried sending back the letter, but it was again returned and finally they discovered from his  contract employer, Chevron Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Khalil Al Nasser died as a result of torture in the hand of Saddam Hussein(former Iraqi President)during one of his trips to his country Iraq, as he was accused of leaking information to the Americans.

On further investigation, they discovered that Mr. Al Nasser's family wife and two sons died during the Gulf War in Iraq and was the reason why he did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work in the Bank and did not leave any WILL. When the bank get to me as his lawyer because i have every document partaning the doposit I personaly watched with keen interest to see his next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds deposit of US$17,500, 000.00 (Seventeen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) which was deposited by my late client. 

On this note, I decided to seek for a foreigner who will stand as the Next of kin to claim this funds from the Diamond Bank Limited where the funds was deposited, as i could not get any  deceased relatives to claim the deceased funds. The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than Nineyears, after which the funds will be forfeited to the government account as unclaimed funds. With respect to your personality, I will give you 40% of the total and 5% will be map out for expensis while 55% for me.

I will not Fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer will be finalized legaly within ten (10) banking days depending on how fast we can communicate.
 
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect I and you from any breach of the law.
 

Best regards,
 
Barrister Ben kufo & CO

 

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