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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.
• 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.
  • joykabila006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joy kabila <joykabila006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:25:32 +0100 (BST)
Subject: From:Miss.Joy


From:Miss.Joy Kabila
Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire
My Dear,

Compliments of the day to you and other members of your family, I am Miss Joy Kabila, It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Younger Brother Steve,intend to establish in your country.
Though I have not meet with you before but I believe, one has to risk confidence to succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of Eight million
U.S dollars($ 8,000,000.00) which my late Father kept for us in a security company here in Abidjan, (Cote D'Ivoire) before he was assasinated by his body guard.Now I and my Younger Brother Steve decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.We want you to help us claim and retrieve these consignment fund from the security company here and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). the transport industry
3). Five star hotel

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased tell Us what you will take from us as your pacentage Of the total fund,
PLEASE REPLY ME WITH THIS EMAIL BOX/ joykabila006@yahoo.co.uk

I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Miss. Joy Kabila




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