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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.
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• 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.
  • togodevbank@gawab.com
  • stella_buthlezi@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: stella buthlezi <stella_buthlezi@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 19:05:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Receive your victory from the bank from stella buthlezi(contact the bank asap)


Attn: To whom it may concern on this email address.

dear brethren in christ
remain blessed in the name of our LORD.
it is my utmost pleasure to write you.you may be wondering how i come to know about you despite we have not seen nor met before.sincerely speaking the truth is that i got your contact through the internet when searching for missionaries of the lord that will use my money deposited in the bank to propagate the word of GOD.
i am a widow and seriously sick with cancer of the kidney.the doctor said that i have only few days to live on earth hence i decided to share my wealth to men of GOD to share it among the needy at the same time build churches to any part of the world.
i have the sum of six million american dollars deposited in a bank here in togo.the money was legitimately acquired from gold and diamond.
however,i have written my WILL to the bank in Togo to six different lucky fellows with email addresses of which yours is involved.sincerely speaking the truth is that i do not know them neither have i met you before.i threw ballot system to about 100.000 (one hundred thousand email addresses and the spirit of GOD fell on six.


you are required to contact the bank in togo so as to claim this money.you are to receive one million united states of american dollars only( US$1.000.000)please make sure that it is use to propagate the word of GOD and send money to the motherless babies home,destitutes,sunami flood disaster,hurricane affected areas etc.please do pray for me as god will heal me as i believe or if i die,may my soul rest in peace.
this is the contact of the bank in togo.
bank name...TOGOLAISE BANQUE DE DEVELOPPEMENT.
email contact/

togodevbank@gawab.com
Director...Dr Bouba O Bouba
contact him as soon as possible as the information is with him.
please do keep me posted.
wishing you GODS richest blessing
your sister in christ
stella buthlezi
stella_buthlezi@yahoo.fr



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