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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.
  • benhorsfordss@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "william jess" <william_jess001@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:08:00 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY TO YOU

Good Day To You,

I am Mr.Ben Horsford a Manager in one of ABSA BANK of South-Africa. I have
urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.I got your contact
from the world trade center (W.T.C.) regional office here in South Africa.

In January 2002, an American Business consultant/contractor( Engr.Anthony
Hamill) made a
numbered-time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months valued at
US$146,700,000.00 (One Hundred and Forthy Six Million Seven hundred thousand
US Dollars)in a Domiciliary Account in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a
routine notification of Account Status to his forwarding address but got no
reply.

After two months, we sent a reminder of same letter and finally we
discovered from his contact employers, Oil Alliance company,his Company's
branch in South Africa, hat Engr. Anthony Hamill died in an auto Crash of
on October 2003, including his wife and only daughter.

After further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and
all attempts to trace his Next-of-kin were fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Engr.Anthony Hamill did not
declare any Next-of-Kin in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit Papers.

This sum of US$146,700,000.00 is still floating in our Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one would come forward to claim it. According to the South African
Law, at the expiration of 6 (Six) years,the money will revert to the
ownership of the South African Government if nobody applies to claim the
funds.
Consequent upon the above, my proposal is that I would like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the Next-of-kin to the Late Engr. Anthony Hamill.

I will quickly work out the full documentation and transfer the US$146.7m
into your nominated account anywhere.You would be fully rewarded with some
margin of figure of the total sum after when the money has been transferd to
any of your nominated bank account of your choice.

Send me your opinion to this request via email :benhorsfordss@jmail.co.za

And I shall give you more details promptly.***KEEP ALL COMMUNICATION
SECRET****

Best Regards,
Mr.Ben Horsford.

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