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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27730528702 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • robertcox_1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT COX" <robertcox001@msn.com>
Reply-To: robertcox@mail.austria.com
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 19:56:52 +0000
Subject: HONOUR..

FROM: MR.ROBERT COX
TEL:+27 730528702
EMAIL:robertcox_1@yahoo.com

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Robert Cox, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural
Resources. First and foremost, I apologised using this medium to reach you
for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to
confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.

Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council
(SEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your country during a trade
exhibition gave your enviable particulars to me. I have decided to seek a
confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described
hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a
top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an
Executive Accountant and with the co-operation of two other top officials,
we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling Twenty-Eight
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars which we want to transfer
abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a foreign
company/individual to receive the said funds on our behalf or a reliable
foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are
handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service Code
of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your
importance in the whole transaction.

This amount Twenty-Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars
represents the balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of
my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials
over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid
to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles got approval to remit by Telegraphic
Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in
an application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa for the
transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to discuss on the modalities
of sharing with you. Your share of the sum will be 25% of the Twenty-Eight
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars, 70% for us and 5% for
taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on
your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.
Also, your area of specialisation is not a hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and
hope that you will not disappoint me.

Endeavour to contact me immediately through my Telephone: :+27
730528702,whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not,
it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal
I want to assure you that me and my partners are in a position to make the
payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong
assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember
to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we will not
comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government
Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in this
business.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation to entertain any
questions concerning the clarity of this transaction.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Cox

NOTE BELOW:PLEASE REPLY THIS EMAIL TO,,,,,:robertcox_1@yahoo.com

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