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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • adams_khumalo_southafrica2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: adams_khumalo_southafrica3@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:03:54 +0200
Subject: INFORMATION.

MR ADAMS KHUMALO
NEDBANK OF SOUTH AFRICA ,
JOHANNESBURG
PHONE:27-73 359 8809
FAX: 27 11 507 5508
EMAIL: adams_khumalo_southafrica2@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Ms,

With all due respect.Greetings,This mail may come to you as a surprise, But i plead with you to patiently read through it before making a decision whether to assist me or not.
I wish to solicit your assistance in the transaction on which i strongly believe it will be of mutual benefit to both of us.
My name is MR ADAMS KHUMALO , The branch Auditor of NEDBANK of South Africa Limited.Johannesburg Branch and two of my collesques wish to seek your assistance in the transfer of U.S.D2.6 Million Dollars(Two million Six hundred thousand dollars only)into a foreign bank account.
A German national deposited this money in a fixed deposit account in the bank,six years ago.

The length of time for the maturity of the fixed deposit was five years which expired towards the end of last year.Incidentally,Mr Peter Foster who was the beneficiary died two years ago and left nobody to cliam this money all the modalities for the successful transfer of
this money to any offshore bank account have been put in place and we are looking for a trust worthy foreign partner into whose bank account this fund would be remitted to and it is this regard that my colleaques have mandated me to provide a partner who will assist.

We have agreed to compesate you with 25% of the total sum and 15% for any expenses that incure during the curse of the trasaction. If you are interested in giving us the required assistance,Kindly reply this mail stating your bank account numbers and telephone/fax numbers For further action ,
Then call me through this phone number 27-73 359 8809, you can also contact me through this email I am looking forward for a favourable reply from you soon, Feel free to ask questions on this regard.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Adams Khumalo.

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