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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)
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • barrister_jeanpaul@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Rose Okafor <roseokafor@diciamocelo.it>
Reply-To: barrister_jeanpaul@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:19:47 +0200
Subject: Respond ASAP

Dear Friend,
                            
                                        PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge sum of money from adeceased account.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am sure that you are experienced inhandling this sums.I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.PROPOSITION;
 
 We discovered an abandoned sum of US$30,000,000.00 (thirtymillion united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of ourforeign customers who paid in these funds into our bank as d! epositoryfor an investment program she was involved.she was at our bank thirty(44) months ago at the begining of this investment program,but unfortunately she died.
The details of the investment program states that she only is incontrol of the funds and it was invested out of her corporate estate.Her family records are not stated in our bank records and in her investment program contracts.

Thus her family are not aware. Again she is a widow.The rules in our bank here in National Westminster Bank plc puts the money under current Bank Assets as soon as they do not get communication from the accounts owner within a stipulated period agreed during the clients accounts opening. In the case of this customer, he is meant to send banking instructions every three months.She died months ago and i got to know from my sources, and herObituary has also stated in the link below:http://www.herald-journal.com/obits/2004/barnes0104.htmlShe has been buried and i know no one knows about these funds. Sinceher death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to layclaims for this money as the heir.We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our bankingguidelines,the money will be transferred into the Bank Treasury as anunclaimed fund.So the request of you as a foreigner is ne! cessarily needed for theclaim because a citizen of LONDON cannot come forward to claimthe fund since the law does not pave a way for an indigene to claimsuch fund.upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as anext of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefullyworked out by us for the funds (US$30,000,000.00) to be released inyour favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an ORDER OF MADAMUS to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutualbusiness endeavour by furnishing the below following to my barrister(Jean Paul)These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to theappropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour beforethe transfer can be made. We look forward to your suggestions and sharingformula as
I have agreed to give you 20% while 10% will be donated to the church. Your share stays while therest shall be for us for investment purposes.If this proposal is acceptable by you, donot take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you,

I await your urgent mail.
Please reply to my Barrister's EMAIL: (barrister) barrister_jeanpaul@yahoo.de

Regards
MRS ROSE OKAFOR

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