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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • frknewman@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Frank=20Newman?= <frknewman@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: frknewman@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:54:02 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: BASE ON TRUST


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: frknewman@yahoo.de

Dear Friend,


I guess this letter may come to you as a surprise since i had no previous corespondence with you.


I am a DIRECTOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION,DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND ENERGY,SOUTH-AFRICA.


I got your contact from the South-African Institute of International Affairs(SAIIA) looking for a reliable person like you to handle a very confidential transaction involving the sum of USD39M [Thirty-Nine Million United States Dollars} into your private account for safe keeping.


The above fund in question is not connected with ARMS,DRUGS OR MONEY LAUNDERING,it is the product of an over-invoiced contract awarded to a foreign company for the supply of Mining infrastructures that was used in constructing the Cape-Town Mines.


The contract has long been executed and payment of the actual contract amount has been paid to the foreign contractor leaving the balance of $39 million dollars in a dormant account which my colleagues and i now want to transfer out of South-Africa into reliable foreign account for our personal use.


As a civil servant,we do not have the necessary foreign account machinery to successfully handle the transfer of this funds,therefore,it may become necessary to source for foreign company or an individual with the capability to act as the original beneficiary or the contractor.


It is good thing the President has endorsed the resolution passed by the Senate that all foreign contractors owed by the Government of South-Africa should be paid immediately. We will seize this good opportunity to solicit with you act as one of the beneficiary to be paid.


If you are interested in this proposal,kindly get back to me by sending your direct telephone and fax numbers,but if you cannot for any reason handle this transaction,i should be grateful if you can introduce it to a reliable and trustworthy person in which in any case your interest will be properly taken care of.


Meanwhile,my colleagues and i have decided to share the money in the following ratio:60% for my coleagues and me,then 30% for you the account owner and 10% for all local and international expenses that may arise in the course of this transaction.


Further details about this transaction will discussed in the subsequent corespondence.


This transaction is strictly confidential and 100% risk free.


Note also that the particular nature of business is irrelevant to this transaction and this transaction is expected to be concluded within 5-7 working days since all arrangement have been properly perfected for a smooth and successful conclusion of this transaction.


Upon your interest,contact me through this email: frknewman@o2.pl


Waiting for your urgent response.


Best regards,


MR.FRANK NEWMAN.

- Frank Newman

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