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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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• 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.
  • maurin_4you4000@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MAURIN KAMARA" <maurin_4yo_u4000@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: maurin4kam2000@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:24:43 +0000
Subject: HELLO FROM MAURIN




Hi ,
How are you over there?.
As for me,i am fine here in Daker Senegal.
My name is (Miss maurin Kamara ) am 22 yrs old, from
Sierra leone in west Africa presently residing in the church
here in Dakar due to the present political party war going on in my
country.
My late father Dr Kamara , was the personal advicer to
the former head of state before the rebels attacked my
house one early morning killed my mother and my
father. It is only my brother and me that is alive now
and we managed to make our way to near by country
Senegal where we are living now.
How ever we meet one pastor that took us to a refuge
camp here in dakar senegal we are living there
What we need to know about loving is no great mystery.
We all know what constitutes loving behavior; we need
but act upon it, not continually question it.
Over-analysis often confuses the issue and in the end
brings us no closer to insight.
We sometimes become too busy classifying, separating,
and examining, to remember that love is easy. It's we
who make it complicated.
Finally i will like to know more about you ok
have a niceday
.maurin kamara?Alternative Email Address;maurin_4you4000@hotmail.com

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