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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.
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  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • hbonneymd@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Henry Bonney" <hbonneymd@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: hbonney_md@latinmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:07:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Reply Urgently


Ho cambiato indirizzo!Puoi ora scrivermi a questo indirizzo: hbonneymd@yahoo.it

FROM: Mr. Henry Bonney,

BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BENIN.

RUE CLUB DE L' AMITIE,

0251 B.P. 1625 COTONOU,

BéNIN REPUBLIQUE.

My Dear Friend,



In Oder to transfer to overseas $28.5 million(USD)from BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU BENIN,Bénin Republique.I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money,even an empty a/c can serve to receive this funds quitely.



I am Mr. Henry Bonney, the accountant/auditor of the above Finance Corporation in Cotonou,Bénin Republique and personal confidant to Mr.Lius Rio Mendez of Dominican Republic in Caribbean Island who died in a Plane Crash accident(2002-04-19) on his way to attend a wedding ceremony together with his wife and only Child (Lius Jr).

Mr.Lius Rio Mendez, is From Dominican Republic in Caribbean Island, and a prosperous Tobacco merchant,he died in the year 2002 without having any

beneficiary to his assets including his account here in Bénin which he opened in the above stated bank in the year 2001 as his personal savings for the

purpose of expansion and developement of his company in Africa before his untimely death in 2002.Until his death,he was the president of the Dominican Tobacco Exporters Association.

And from my Investigation,i found out that No other person knows about this account because he(Mr.Lius Rio Mendez)never knew that he is going to die so soon,and so his purpose was not achieved. If i don't remit this money immediately, it will get lost(may be it

will go into the pockets of the corrupt government officials who will never use it for any reasonable thing at all).I dont want to miss this opportunity

because it comes ones in a life time.



The amount involved is $28.5 million(USD)Twenty eight million,five hundred United States Dollars and no other person knows about this account. I am contacting you for us to transfer this funds to your account as the beneficiary,I want to first transfer

$16,000.000..00(Sixteen million USD) from this money into a safe account abroad, after which we will transfer the remaining (12.5M). I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, without a valid

foreign international passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c, this is because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c, Mr.Lius Rio Mendez is a foreigner too,and as such the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.



However, I am revealing this to you with belief in God that you will never let me down in this business.I don't know you and have never seen you before,i only got your contacts from an international directory which my secretary provided for me. You are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take. Send also your private telephone and fax number.



I need your full co-operation to make this work because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information

of this account,which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply involved with me in this business.I want to tell you that this transaction is 100% risk free and legal because all the documents that will back up this transaction will be available, so that no body will question the fund when it is finaly

tranfered to your account.



At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount and 60% will be for me. I look forward to your earliest reply through this email.


Thanks for your time.



Your's faithfully,

Mr. Henry Bonney





- Mr. Henry Bonney

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