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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.
  • minah.bello@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Aminah Bello" <aminah.bello@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:20:35 +0800
Subject: Please Reply me...Its Urgent

Greetings:
How is life with you over ?
I am Dr Ms Aminah Bello from England,I work in Iraq .
but due to the insecurity turmoils in the country we want to make a deal with you.
we the foreign doctors need to leave but the Iraq soldiers
don't want us to leave and we are not allowed to make calls to our country due to security
reasons.
As a matter of facts,a client of us here in the intensive care unit here in Bagquba was comfirmed dead few hours as he was rushed in for treatments.
On papers we found on him,it was indicated he was a military contractor here and he made some financial deposits in Barclays Banks London
and we have contacted the bank who requires us to provide his relatives before we can lay any claims on his behalf.
All these has prooved abortived as I contacted my Attorney who adviced that we sought for someone of his matching profile(Names)to present to the bank for the claims.
The money is quite large valued at USD$4million which we will be ready to offer 20% of the sum to whoever would assist to retrieve the fund as a beneficiary to the late client.
We just need help and someone we can trust so the finance firm
in Europe can transfer the money to his/her account.
Once aggreed I will forward your contact details to my attorney who would draft the back up documents and present you to the bank on our behalf.
Remember to map out 20% for your own self for facilitating the transfer of the funds into your account and keep the remaining balance for me and my colleagues on any designated bank account we may redirect you.
I hope to hear from you on this matter as soon as possible.
Please reply with my email:(minah.bello@yahoo.com)
Dr Aminah Bello

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