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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.
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• 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.
  • dalemonkety@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kety forever" <fedcom1980@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dalemonkety@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:18:32 +0000
Subject: Hello

Dear sir,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Almighty.i am informing you that this message/mail getting to you on the basis of a contribution and assistance to a lady who recently lost his perent in the recent attach by the rebel in Sierra leon However,i got your name here,hence i have desided to express my feeling to you,I am Miss Kety Gamenda the daughter of the former minister Dr Azema Gamenda, a stong politician who was murdered by the rebels, when there attack our place. I am from serrie-leon by orgin, but right now in Dakar Senegal as a Refugee due to the incident that occured in my place not quit long, I am now a new Christian convert, suffering ever since the death of my late parents From all indications.
I have been really busy with fasting and prayer since all this days because i want to be really moved by the spirit of our Father before telling you this secret of mine.well i wish to let you know this is a matter of reality and truth, i have head a strong secret for people since all this why because i intend to look for a better and responsible person like you before i will revealed it to beside god has show me in dream that you are the right man i needed to help me realise my desire and dream in life. this is not a thing that l have to disclose to every one that just comes my way,l have seen in dream that you may be capable of handling the situation since this is the issue of money which worth the sum of ($12.500,000.00)u s dollas,l will like you to be aware of the fact that this money is not here in africa,it is a deposit that my father have made to a private finance house and l will be very willing to give to you every information that will help you to retrive the money out of the
finance house to your account since we will start as friends for the moment,l will like you to know that this is my very secret and most not be played with nor reveal to any body.
You have to be aware that it is my dead father that made this deposite which worth the sum of ($12.500.000)US dollas for me and l was used as the next of kin prior to this, l am very hadicap because my status here as a refugee cannot allow me personally to carry out a big transaction like but as the result of my problems and what l am passing through,l have to look for someone with good proffession that can be able to handle the fund and help me to manage my life for better with what is already avaliable with me,l know that sometimes it may look very difficult for one to believe this because what is invloved is big but you will live to believe when l will give to the whole contacts that will lead the finance company and there after you will confirm everything by your self.
I will like to know how prepared that you are now to handle the fund and managed it till l comes over to be with because once the fund is been cleared l will be coming to be with you since that is the only thing that l have for living, l dont know exactly which area where you can be able to invest the money since l will first further my education before handling money, l will like to hear from first before l will realise more of the contacts to you,l have great respect for you in respect to your proffection,l believe that with you knowledge l will be covered as an inteletual.
Regards
Kety
please contact me at dalemonkety@yahoo.co.uk

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