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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: "Pastor Karl U. Newe"<pkarlnewe01_2@myway.com>
Reply-To: pkarlnewe01@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:06:56 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hello I am Pastor Karl U. Newe....Reply










Hello, I am Pastor Karl U. Newe, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the WILL of late client'who worked as an independent oil Business magnate in my country and who died in a car crash with his immediate family on the 5th of Nov 2004. Since the death of my client in Nov, 2004,I have written several letters to the embassy with an intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned Funds and all such efforts have been to no avail Presently The Fund are in a Finance company which has remained unclaimed since 2004. And the estate will be converted to UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT and therefore forfeited if nobody comes forward to lay claim to the deposit before the end of this financial quarter Year.Through some discreet search from my local chambers of commerce and having obtained your contact from the internet. I contacted you so that you can stand as the next of kin identity and therefore can present you as the
beneficiary to the Estate, since there is no written will.On this note, I wish to present you to the finance company, as the surviving relative to the decease so that we can put in claims for payment with your name as the beneficiary to the total sum of US$5,500,000.00 (Five million, Five Hundred Thousand).All the papers will be processed in your acceptance.In your acceptance of this deal, Please forward the following details to me.1.Your Full Names2.Your current Mobile telephone and fax numbers 3.Your age 4.Occupation 5.Your Current address This will enable me file necessary documents at our high court probate division for the release of this sum of money in your favour.I have agreed to share the money with you in the folowing order: 40% for you, 50% for me, 5% set aside for expences and the balance 5% to orphanage home.I intend to invest my shares in your country under your management in any viable business venture.I will send you more details as soon as I heard
fromyou.Yours faithfullyKarl Newe



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