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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • johnsonnguya@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nguya Johnson" <johnsonnguya@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 08:05:55 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR RESPOND PLS


From Nguya Johnson
Benin Refugee Camp
Benin-West Africa.

Dearest Beloved,

I am writing you in respect of your contact given to me two days Ago.
However I came across your email contact through a Missionary that came to
visit the Refugee camp. It was during our conversation he gave me your email
address to contact you, that you are a reputable and God fearing person,
because I told him that my Late Father left some huge sum of money for me
here before he died and he asked me to invest this fund out side Africa to
any Country Abroad. He asked me which Country do I prefer, I told him any
country Abroad before he could gave me your email address to contact you.
Please I requested your help immediately. And with your help it is going
to help the both of us.
Firstly, I want you to know that my father was killed by his political
opponent September 25th 2004 when he was about going to Ghana for investment
with my mother, while I was in school. Since then I have been living with my
uncle, who is the Managing Director of Food/drugs Agency Sierra Leone.My
father willed in cash, the sum of $15.3 Million US Dollars, which he
deposited with a bank here in Benin Republic with enabling conditions for
the release of the fund that upon request for the release of the fund there
must be intentions of investment the fund especially outside Africa.
I contact you therefore to confirm if you can accept me into your life
as my guardian, because since my parent left me, my uncle have claimed all
his landed property and some other account with banks in Sierra Leone. My
Uncle was asking me if there is any other of my father property information
I have. Which I refuse to disclose this to him, since I do not trust him any
longer over his greedy and wicked act towards me.Even I witness him and some
other members of the family quarreling and passing some cruel and treating
words to my late parents when they where alive, that is why I am afraid they
will seat on the money if they should know about it. Or frustrate my entire
life and effort.
Possibly advise me on any investment opportunity you know about over
there in your country.
If after this mail you get back to me, I will commit everything to you and
ask the bank to release the fund unto your care and I will come over to your
country to continue my education while you take care of the investment.
I want you to know that I have meet with the bank manager and he
promised to transfer this fund to any foreign account I will provide to the
bank. He said I need to provate any of my Late Father's foreign partner who
has account to lodge in the money, since it is a very huge amount of money.
Please if you will help me, get back to me so that I will forward you the
contact of the bank. So that you will contact them and ask for the transfer
of the fund to your account.
Dear Beloved. Apart from investing the Money with you, I will
compensate you with 35% of the total Money and all your expenses on this
transaction will be paid back to you immediately the money arrived to your
country/account.,you are going to manager the investment for some period of
years before you hand it over to me.

So please get back to me on my alternative email address below. This is very
important. Reply back here johnsonnguya@yahoo.fr

God Bless You.
Nguya Johnson.

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