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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.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • babadicko2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DICKSON BROWN <babadicko2006@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 02:58:22 -1200
Subject: FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN FOR HIV/AIDS .


AFRICAN PEDESTRA.
ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND CULTURE


REGISTRATION NO --92133980349
CO DICE FISCAL-- GGRSDY74R06Z3350

FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN FOR HIV/
AIDS PROJECT TO AFRICAN CHILD.

Every year, an estimate of 3 million people die of AIDS of whom 500,000
die are children under the age of 15years. nearly 5 million person ( 4.2 mi-
llion adults and 700,000 children) are newly infected with HIV each year,
more than 90% of them belong to developing contries.
Almost 50% of newly HIV infected with HIV infected asults in 2004, were
women,and 50% were young adults in the age of 14-24 years of age group.
unsafe sex is the predominant mode of transmission of HIV worldwide
accounting for 80%-90%of infections.
There are 37.8 million persons living with HIV/AIDS,worldwiide of these 21 million are children less than 15 years of age, More than 40 million HIV
victims urgently requires antiretroviral treatment to keep them alive and
healthy. but fewer than 300,000 are receiving treatment right now.
Women are more physically susceptible to HIV infection than men. male
to women HIV transmission during sex is about twice as likely to occure
as female to male transmission. World wide, AIDS kills more than 8,000
people everyday, 1 person every 10 seconds.
HIV accounts for the highest number of deaths by single infectious agents
especially in affrica. since the begining of the epidaemic, AIDS has claimed more than 25 million lives, more than 14 million children have lost one or
both parents to AIDS. lets put a stop to it. We there for use this midium to appeal to the general public and to well meaning individuals to please lend
a helping hand to this campaign,what so ever you are able to contribute,
financialy or materialy, contributions would be highly appreciated and would
go a long way in alleviating the african child.


N.B
This association is a non- governmental, non- profit making association set up by well meaning individuals in PARMA,ITALY,which amongs it; aim and objectives is help the less privilage in africa.

DONATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH WESTERN UNION,MONEY GRAM, POSTAL, THROUGH THIS NAME MR DICKSON OKPEAHIOR .FOR MORE
INFORMATION CONTACT THE SECETRY .INFO,babadicko2006@yahoo.com
TEL-PHONE NUMBER- 0039-3289779123.
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