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

Fraud email example:

From: "HOFFMAN COLEY" <mancoleyghana@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mancoleyghana1@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:55:25 +0000
Subject: PLS URGENT REPLY



URGENT ASSISTANCE
REPUBLIC OF GHANA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & COMMUNICATIONS
LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE
EAST AVE LEGON CITY
FROM HOFFMAN COLEY.
RE: CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
CONTACT E- MAIL--- ( mancoleyghana@yahoo.ca)

GOOD DAY

I wish to acknowledge and recognize your importance in this
business transaction which will take us only one month.

I am a member of contract awarding committee which I was the chairman.
A contract was awarded to foreign company to buy transport vehicles
for my country, awarded in the year 2003, the contract was (40) Million
United State dollars but been a
contract awarding committee chairman I over inflated in to the tone of
(60)Million United State Dollars, the work have been completed and the
company have been paid by Ghana transportation communication and
they have gone, what left now is (20) Million, United State Dollars which was
kept in one of the Finance/Security Company set up by the Republic of
Ghana that is in charge of paying foreign contractors.

I need your assistance to assist me conclude this golden
opportunity and to secure the fund into your possession, because being
the chairman, I cannot do it alone without the help of a foreigner who
will stand as the contractor who executed the job.
Please you should keep the business very secret and confidential to
yourself, do not tell anybody even your wife or your children till the
money gets to your account, then I will join you in your country for a
meeting and subsequent, introduce me into a profitable business where I
will invest my own share of the fund.

I have set aside 100% to be shared between me and you. I being the
contract awarding committee chairman, I will get 50%, you that is
assisting me will get 40% then 10% will be shared between both parties for any
expenses we may meet on the way during the transaction. Please keep it very
secret and confidential to yourself, awaiting your urgent response for us to
proceed. PLEASE contact me THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(mancoleyghana@yahoo.ca)
YOUR PHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER
YOU HOME ADDRESS AND COMPANY ADDRESS
YOUR ACCONUT NUMBER
YOUR FULL NAME
God bless.
Best regards
MR HOFFMAN COLEY

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