Yoka Dossou - Next-of-Kin scam

This scammer may attempt to 'personalise' this email by adding the recipient's surname in the places marked [surname] below. It is not a personal email, however; he will have sent this to many many people, changing or omitting the surname each time.

IP Address: 41.222.192.88 - Cotonou, Benin

From: "Yoka Dossou" <[email protected]>
Date: 29 Jan, 2010

Attn: [surname]

I am Barr. Yoka Dossou, a legal practitioner in Republic of Benin , West Africa . On the 23rd of November 2007, one of my clients from your country named Alexander [surname], who lost his life as a result of lung cancer, confirmed by a medical specialist who was taking care of his illness for over Three month before his death.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your foreign authorities to locate any member of his family so that they can take claim on his assets (money) here in Benin, before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Central Apex Bank here in Republic of Benin, but all efforts to locate any of his extended relative was proved abortive.

Now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same surname with my client, so that the proceeds of this amount valued at $17.5 million dollars (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). can be paid to your account. Reply after reading this message so that I will tell you how we can legally precede the claim/transfer.

I will need the following information from you,

Your Full Name and Address,
Your Age, Occupation and Position,
Your Telephone and Mobile for Communication Purpose.

Private Email: [email protected]

Thanks and regards,
Barr. Yoka Dossou
+229 98488444

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