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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.
  • karmel204@yahoo.co.in
  • karmel204@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Abu Al-Karmel" <abualkarmel@i12.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:22:32 +0200
Subject: TREAT IT AS URGENT PLEASE

I am Mr. Abu Al-Karmel, I am working in Economic Development and Foreign
contract payment Operations Department, in the Central Bank of Iraq(CBI).
my personal E-mail:(karmel204@yahoo.co.in)

My aim of writing you is to seek for your kindness assistance to allow
me quickly transfer the sum of US$15.million dollars, into your account.
It will interest you to know how this huge sum amount of funds came about.
About two days before the United State and British, bombing began,
Saddam Hussein, ordered his youngest son, Qusay, to remove the sum of
US$1.billion (#640 million) from the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) The cash
which was loaded on to three lorries.

That memorable day Qusay and a senior aide to the former president
Saddam Hussein delivered the instruction in person to the bank's governor
of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). And the money was removed without proper
official documentations. The money was not debited. It was just remove
from the foreign reserve vault. This illegal withdrawer created opportunity for
our staffs working in the foreign payments department. We hastingly remove
from the vault the sum of US$75.million, which we shared among ourselves
working in the department, five in number.My share was US$15.million, the
deal which was absolutely successfully.Then,after the fall of Saddam,a
Finance Company based in Jordan assisted me to move the fund as a Bond
Deposit into Bank in EUROPE.Due to recent probe in our
Apex Bank,i decided to leave and i am under cover in SENEGAL-AFRICA
What I needed now is your "TRUST" HONESTY and TRANSPERENCY"
since i would want you to receive the money into an account from the
EUROPEAN Bank.I will also front you in any kind of investment that we
might decide to enter later.

As a matter of fact,if i am convinced and with your declaration of
interest in this deal,then,i will tell you the procedures to follow.For
security of this transaction,i do hereby implore you to treat and
maintain it with absolute confidentiality.here is my private E-mail:
(karmel204@yahoo.co.in)

Please,if you are not dispose to assist,kindly destroy this letter for
the sake of Humanity.

Looking forward to your urgent response.
Best Regard
Mr. Abu Al-Karmel

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