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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.
  • alexwippy27@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?alex=20wippy?= <alexwippy27@yahoo.de>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:07:14 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: PARTNER NEEDED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: alexwippy27@yahoo.de

PARTNER NEEDED FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST



FROM: ALEX WIPPY

DEAR,



MY NAME ALEX WIPPY THE ELDEST SON OF CHIEF S. JOHN WIPPY FROM

ZIMBABWE.

THIS LETTER MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU ABOUT WHERE I GOT YOUR

CONTACT ADDRESS AND HOW I KNEW YOU. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS FROM THE

GHANACHAMBERS OF TRADE INFORMATION CENTER HERE IN GHANA.




DURING THE CURRENT WAR AGAINST THE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE

SUPPORTERS OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE WHITE-OWNED

FARMS FOR HIS PARTY MEMBERS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE

BIGGEST FARMERS IN OUR COUNTRY AND BECAUSE HE STONGLY OPPOSED MUGABE'S

IDEAS, MUGABE'S SUPPORTERS INVADED MY FATHER'S FARM AND BURNT EVERYTHING IN

THE FARM, KILLING MY FATHER AND MADE AWAY WITH A LOT OF ITERMS IN MY

FATHER'S FARM.



BEFORE HIS DEATH, MY FATHER HAD DEPOSITED WITH ONE SECURITY COMPANY

IN GHANA, THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION, AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED

STATES DOLLARS. THIS WAS MONEY HE PLANNED TO USE IN BUYING NEW

MACHINERY AND TO SET UP A NEW FARM IN SWAZILAND. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, WE

DECIDED TO ESCAPE TO AN AFRICA COUNTRY CALLED GHANA IN WEST AFRICA, BECAUSE OF

CONTINUED HARASSMENT FROM MUGABE AND HIS SUPPORTERS.

AS A FAMILY, WE DECIDED TO CONTACT A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL

ASSIST US TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT OF GHANA (AFRICA) AND INVEST THE SAID

SUM INTO ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS VENTURE OF OUR CHOICE THAT WILL BE

PROFITABLE.


YOUR ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION, WE HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM, AND 5% WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND 80% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WHICH WILL BE INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR AGRICULTURE OR THEREABOUT.ALL WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO ACT AS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY TO THE FUND, AND TO ASSIST US CLAIM THE FUND FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. AS SOON AS YOU HAVE SECURED THE FUND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN HELP US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS PERMANENT RESIDENTS.


REGARDS

ALEX WIPPY

TEL: + 233 244 489475



- alex wippy

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