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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:
  • "your urgent reply" (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.
  • obegypt_2006@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?benhard=20omar?= <obegypt_2006@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: omarbenhardegypt2006@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 21:07:09 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Good day


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Good day,


My name is Omar Benhard, the Head of the Organizing Committee of just concluded Egypt 2006 MTN Africa Cup of Nations hosted and won by Egypt.


I have an urgent financial business proposal, myself and Viken Djizmedjian, Director of Planning for the tournament&acirc;€&#8482;s organizing committee discovered that during the budgeting and sponsoring of the tournaments by MTN and other respected companies across Africa, the sum of US$7.3m (Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) was not touched and it was intended for the suppose of Renovation and Expansion of the Cairo International Stadium. Due to the time limit of the tournament, the contract was not signed and so the money has been moved to Europort ABN AMRO Private Banking N.V. Europort Gibraltar in a suspense account.


Forgive me for not providing you all the bank details of where the fund is deposited, I will only do that after confirmation that you will stand on our behalf to claim the fund immediately. Please treat this information with utmost secret and confidential.


I Omar Benhard and Viken Djizmedjian has agreed to offer you 25% of the fund as soon as the transaction is successful.


What is required of you is your full corporation so that further information can be passed to you.


Please note that this is a serious financial business proposal as we want to move this fund urgently since both of us is aware of this fund.


I await your urgent reply if only you are interested.


Yours sincerely,


Omar Benhard.

Head of the Organizing Committee,

MTN Africa Cup of Nations,

Cairo Egypt.

- benhard omar

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