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

Fraud email example:

From: wome seko wome <wome_seko8@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:48:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: WE THE FAMILY NEEDS [urgent assistant]



LITTER OF ASSISTANT
Attn:Sir/Madam

I Am Wome Seko, son of the late President
Mobutu Sese Seko of Congo Democratic Republic former
Republic of Zaire presently there is a war going on in
my country and so my family members escaped to Morocco
while I am presently at Africa. Because of the present
crises, my environment is not conductive for
investment and more over, most of my fathers
properties and account have been frozen by the present
government of Laurent Kabila.

Now,I want to set up a business overseas and I have
about $10 Million united state dollars set aside for
this project, I decided to contact you to help me in
setting up a business, but would not want my name or
family name to be used. I am prepared to give you 30%
of the total sum if you can assist me in claiming this
fund from a security volt in overseas where my father
(Mobutu Sese Seko) deposited this fund before he died.
Please, do contact me immediately for us to discuss.
As soon as I hear from you, and confirm your
assistance every arrangements regarding to the
claiming of this fund will be handed over to you as
the family’s foreign partner, e.g the pin code
number which is the secret code to the consignment.

I WILL WANT YOU TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO ASSIST ME
BY CONTACTING ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL
THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:wome_seko@yahoo.com

Best regards
Wome Seko


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