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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.
• 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.
  • farah_zainfat07@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Ferah" <agentzainfat@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: farah_zainfat07@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:58:10 +0800
Subject: Hi Plz Assistance ME

Dear ,

Actually i want u to be my friend and my business parttner as well. now this is the business which i
want to do with you regarding your intrest, Really this is a straight
forward business which will be of a good dividends to both of us.
I got this supply contract with a livestock company in London were i work
to supply a product called BOSSOMITE OIL 5000 I.U , This product is the
product which we use in breading animals its protects them from effections,
And also enerygise them mostly for cattles, hourses,etc. `
well it will be my pleasure to do this contract with you, as i know
that this contract is going to be a continues contract of one year depending on the
terms we are going to agree.
Right now i have discovered where we can get this product at a
cheaper rate in Malaysia,I have spoken to my boss and they have
agreed to come and buy from malaysia but the issue is that i don't have the capital
to execute this contract, so i need a partner who is honest, one
who will not cheat me, and most of all who will come down to malaysia, i have also got the Price they are selling .
which is 5500 Malaysian ringget per carton, and i have spoken to my boss
and they are willing to buy at the Price of 11,500 ringget per
carton, but i dont want him to go dierectly to the seller in malaysia and find out how much they sell cos i alrady told him that the price is 11.500 and he agree on dat price.so if u can asist me and buy from the seller and sell to my boss at 11.500.then we can share the profit, my boss is willing to buy max80 cartons min50cartons We are going to make a nice frofit in this contract, and it contuines every month. and my boss pays cash. so please let me know your intrest before i can review all information to you
you can contact me with my email address farah_zainfat07@yahoo.com

best regards
Miss Ferah

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