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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.
  • dennis_johnson1001@yahoo.dk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dennis_johnson44@pobox.sk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?dennis=20jonson?= <dennis_johnson1001@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: dennis_johnson@pobox.sk
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:01:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: reply now as you receive


Jeg har en ny e-mail-adresse!Nu kan du e-maile mig på: dennis_johnson1001@yahoo.dk

From: Dennis Johnson.


Lagos Nigeria


Email: dennis_johnson44@pobox.sk




Good Day,



My name is Dennis Johnson.Jr.



I am the son of late Mr and Mrs Dennis Johnson, Before my father was

poisoned by his business associates, he was a big exporter of coffee and

cocoa in Nigeria.



Before the death of my father he gave me a secret concerning a deposit

he made in Bank here in Nigeria.He deposit the sum of 18.5 million

dollars . I would love you to come here in person so that we will meet face

to face to be able to go together to move this money out of Nigeria. In

case you may not come here, I would want you to send your account

details so that I will arrange the transfer.


Immediately after the transfer you will help me relocate to your

country. My fathers relatives made some attempts on my life in order to

inherit my fathers wealth.Due to this attitude of my fathers‘s relatives,

since my mother was already dead, I decided to run to remote Area in

Lagos where I am prresently living in a hotel.



I am sincerely soliciting your assistance to help me transfer the moeny

for investment in your country. Your reward for the assistance you are

to render to me is negotiable. Email: dennis_johnson01@msn.com



- dennis jonson

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