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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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• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Fred B. Dimka" <freddimka71@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fred_dimka1@gawab.com
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:27:55 -0600
Subject: Walter, we need your urgent assistance to execute this business

Dear Walter,

I am Mr. Fred B. Dimka, the Bills and Exchange director at the Foreign
Exchange Department of Afribank Nigeria Plc. I am writing this letter to
solicit for support and assistance from you to cary out this business
opportunity in my department.

Lying in an inactive account is the sum of US$16.5million belonging to a
foreign customer (late Johnson K. Walter) who happens to be deceased. He
died with his wife and two children in a plane crash on board an ADC Airline
Flight at the Egirin River-Lagos Nigeria in November 1997. Ever since he
died the bank has been expecting his next of kin to come and claim these
funds. To this effect we can not release the money unless someone applies
for it as next of kin, as indicated in our banking guide line. Unfortunately
he has no family members in Nigeria or anywhere who is aware of the
existence of the money (as he was a contractor with the Federal Republic of
Nigeria). At this juncture I have decided to do business with you in
collaboration with two other officials in the bank, to this effect we
solicit your help in applying as the next of kin then the money will be
released into your account as you have the same last name.

We do not want this money to go into the bank’s treasury as an unclaimed
bill. The banking law and guide line stipulates that: if such monies remain
unclaimed for a period of nine years (9 years) the money will be transferred
in to the banks treasury as unclaimed funds. Our request for a foreigner as
next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and
a Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin. 20 percent of the money will be your
share as foreign partner. Thereafter my colleagues and I will visit your
country with your help once the money hits your account for disbursement
according to the agreed sharing parttern of 20% for you, 10% for incidental
expenses both local and international and 70% for my group.

Your urgent response is beign expected.

Thanks and best regards,

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Fred B. Dimka.

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