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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:
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • tmakana2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "tepo makana" <tmakana632007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tmakana2007@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:25:31 +0000
Subject: Work with Me.

First National Bank
Pretoria South Africa.
tmakana2007@yahoo.com
Tel 0027 78663 6187

My name is Tepo Makana the manager,Credit and
Foreign bills of FIRST NATIONAL BANK SOUTH AFRICA. I
am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account
number 908-14-255-114 whose name is Cho, Kwiyoung(Mr.), an American
citizen who died in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole
passengers onboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can
view this website.

Ref: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, I personally have
watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but
all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim
his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred
Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been
with our branch for a very long time. On this
note, I decided to seek for whom his name
shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up
as his next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such
money to stay more than eight years, because the money will be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade
journal when i was making a research on a foreigner i
will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant I am willing to
give you 20% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your response, I
will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which you will
type sign and send back to our bank to enable us start this
processing of this claim.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been
finalized, this transaction will be completed within five banking days
of receiving your response, after you apply to the bank as a
relation to the deceased.

When you receive this mail. Kindly reply to my private
email address below tmakana2007@yahoo.com

Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication on my personal email address:

Yours
Sincerely,
Tepo Makana
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
FIRST NATIONAL Bank South Africa
tmakana2007@yahoo.com
Tel 0027 78663 6187

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