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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:

• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mariam_tano@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: mariam tano <mariam_tano@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:02:28 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM MARIAM


FROM..MARIAM__TANO
LOT 205 VON MARCHE PLATEAUX-
ABIDJAN IVORY COAST.
E-mail: mariam_tano@yahoo.fr
Dear ,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. I know this mail
maycome to you as a surprise, since we have not known
or written before. Introducing myself, I am MARIAM TANO, 23
years of age the only dugrther of the late Mr and Mrs TANO WILLIAMS,
my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and
Abidjan(Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their business
trips.Before the death of my father on 29th June 2003
in a private hospital here in Abidjan.
He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that
he has a sum of USD$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred
Thousand U.S),deposited in Bank in (Abidjan Côte
d'Ivoire, that he used my name as his only dugrther for the
next of kin in depositing the fund.He also explained
to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates, that I should
seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such as expansion of his existing
cocoa business and real estate management here on how
best to transfer thismoney to overseas please.I am
humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1-To assist me in providing an account of yours where
this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2-To serve as the uardian of this fund since I amstill
in the university.
3-To make arrangement for me to come over to
yourcountry to further my education and to help me
securea residential permit in your country. Moreover,
I amwilling to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after hesuccessful
transfer of this fund into your nominated account
overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any
expenses we may incur.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards
assisting me as I believe that this transaction would
be concluded within the shortest possible time if you
signify interest to assist me.
NB:Please contact imemmediately you receive this
message through this email address

Yours sincerely
MARIAM.





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