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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • bathily_watara@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "bathily watara" <bathilywatar@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: bathily_watara@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:03:35 +0000
Subject: FROM AFRICAN GEM CO-OPERATION.


DEAR FRIEND

The African gem co-operation present it compliment to you and wish to
request that we do a Barter trade system in Gold in exchange of essential
commodities that SADIOLA COMMUNITY in (MALI WEST AFRICA) urgently needed
like,Rice,Cake flour, Cooking oil, Moist sugar, Tomato paste, Baby food,
Medicaments, Mining equipments etc.
MY NAME IS MR BATHILY WATARA, A native of SADIOLA in Republic of Mali West
Africa . Am contacting you on behalf of my Community which comprises of
mainly local Gold
Miners to represent and as well look for a prospective buyer for the bulk of
Gold mined locally in our Community.
Presently My Community in conjunction with the Village heads has in their
possession
Large quantities of (Gold Dust) in Mali , Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone
, Burkina Faso , for sale. The Community as well has the right to go into
any contract of extraction or mining with any interested person or company
depending on the discussion reached between both parties concerned. There is
more if the first transaction goes through, we will be grateful if you
could find buyers for us (a commission fees will be paid)from anywhere who
will be prepared to come to any of the five countries starting from Mali to
examine the commodities we are having for sale as soon as possible.

AU-METALGOLD DUST SPECIFICATION ANALYSIS.

Commodities: AU Metal/Gold dust
Quantity 650kg
Quality: 22+Carat
Purity/Finesse 96.7%
Origin: Mali /
Price per kg US$8,500
Delivery: Personal delivery
Payment Maximum 5 days after refinery's
final assay result.

Our procedure for the transaction are as follows:
Buyer is at liberty to come and see the goods and conduct a test. Which at
satisfaction of interest is expected :
To discuss payment procedure in the form of a Batter trade system for
essential commodities SADJIOLA community urgently needed.
The seller will accompany with the said consignment (Gold dust) to the
buyer's country till the payment is totally transferred to the seller's
account after the Gold have been refined and tested.
All the documents as regards to, the transactions will be provided both for
exportation and Analysis from the laboratory
Awaiting earliest respond.
Kind regards,
MR. BATHILY WATARA.

President. African gems co-operation. Representing

Gold Workers Association of SADIOLA.
Bamako Mali , West Africa .
E-mail :-bathily_watara@yahoo.com

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