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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.
• 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.
  • hassan_amy04@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM HASSAN AND MOTHER" <hassan_amy03@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hassan_amy04@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:10:35 +0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS TO YOU MY DEAR

Dear,

I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but it as an
emergency
to our condition with my mother here in captal city of Dakar Senegal ,Be bless
as you help
me and my mother to transfer and invest our money in your country.My
name is
Hassan Almammy with My Mother from the republic of Sudan in Central
Africa Dafur,
now seeking for refuge in captal city of Dakar Senegal under the(UNHCR)united
nation high
commission for refuge with my mother.

I got your contact during a desperate search here in captal city of Dakar Senegal
for a possible
investment transaction. My (late) father HON DR. Ahmed Almammy , who
was the
former ministre of finance and economy in Sudan before he was assinated
by
the rebbles in the captal city of Khartoon 2003. And all our properties
was
totally destroyed. However, we managed to escape with some of my
father's
documents covering $10.500.000 Million dollars(ten Million Five
Hundered
Thousand us dollars Only) which is presently deposited safely in a Finance house
on my name as the only son of the
family and the next of kin.

The Finance house have approved to transfer the fund deposited on my name but we
are
looking for a trust and reaible foreign partner who will assist us to
transfer and inves the fund in his country. i was advice to live with
my
mother to Dakar Senegal West Africa because i was the next
target as the only son of my family. All the vital documents will be fax
to you as our foreign partner
who will recive the fund for the investment.

Meanwhile,we are saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy
foriegn
personality to help us transfer the money and invest it in his country
and
into his possession pending our arrival to meet with him. Furthermore,
we
only want this done this way because your country is politically stable
for
any profitable investment and only if you accept our proposal, you will
serve as the beneficiary of the fund on commencement of this proposed
transactions.

You will send me and my mother a letter of inviation to enable us to
get a
visa and fly down to your country once the fund is been transfer to
your
country.i hope you will not betray me and my mother because this money
is
all our hope since my late father died. I am giving you the offers as
mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist us, we
have
decided to invest 45% of the total fund based on equity participation
in
your company. Secondly, we shall also take 5% out for any miscelleneous
expenses that may occure during the transfer.

Conclusively, i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon as you
recieve
this proposal so that we shall arrange on how this fund will be
transfer to
your country. On commencement,this transaction will take nothing less
than 4
working days to be accomplished as the Finance house managment told me and my
mother.
All documents covering the fund are safe and intact with us here in
captal city of Dakar Senegal
i will fax you all the vital documents to enable you to contact the
Finance house firm for the transfer.my mother is sending her greetings to you and
your
family. kindly keep this transfer secert and confidentail.


and keep it confidetail between you as us.

my mother is sending her greetings to you and your family.

urgent for more detail please your fuil contacts information is need phone and fax and your address please contact us by our privect email adress
hassan_amy04@yahoo.com

Thanks yours son,
Hassan & Mother

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