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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • bamgura3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james bamgura <bamgura3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: james.bamgura@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:39:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: bamgura3@yahoo.com

Attn:Dear Sir,



Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not

meet your personal ethics. I will introduce myself

first to you.My name is Dr.James Bamgura, a staff in

the accounts management section of a BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)

here in bénin republic. One of our accounts with

holding balance of USD15,000,000(Fifteen Million United States Dollars)

has been dormant and it has not been operated for the past years and

an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr.J.C MARTIN

who died along with his entire family on 25th December 2003 in a plane crash.

VIEW THIS WEB SITE http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html.



and since then nobody has done anything

as regards the claiming of this money because he has

no family members who are aware of the existence of

neither the account nor the funds. Also Information

from the National Immigration states that he was also

single on entry into africa.



I have secretly discussed this matter with some of the

bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable

foreign partner to make this deal. We thus propose to

do business with you, standing in as the next of kin

so that this fund will released to you after due processes have been followed.



This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is

legitimate and does not originate from drug, money

laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. On your

interest, let me hear from you.



Best Regards,

Dr James Bamgura


DISCLAIMER:

This message contains confidential information and is

intended only for specified addressee. If you are not

the named addressee you should not disseminate,

distribute or copy this e-mail. The sender therefore

does not accept liability for any errors or omissions

in the contents of this message, which arise as a

result of e-mail transmission.



- Dr. James Bamgura

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