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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.
  • maddon111@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Don=20Madison?= <maddon111@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: securedbox@post.com
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:08:41 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Business inquiry


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: maddon111@yahoo.co.in

Dear Sir,



I humbly seek your cooperation in a business deal in which to redirect amount of US$54.7million into your business as free capital injection. The money was a slush fund abandoned by an African militia organization which has been disbanded by the United Nations, causing the fund stranded in Europe.



I am a Caribbean from Barbados but lived in England during which I had the opportunity of working for late Mr. Grant Freddie Morgan; a South African born British businessman whose consulting firm handled discrete financial dealings for the Sierra Leonean rebel militia organization. By virtue of my employ with late Mr. Grant Freddie Morgan, I have privileged information with valid details to gain access to the abandoned slush fund and effectively cause its transfer elsewhere. I will very much like if you can cooperate with me to bring this fund to you for investment purposes. I am also interested to use part of the money for importing products from your country into Barbados and other surrounding Caribbean Islands.




Being that funds routed to Barbados are constantly under security watch from the United States of America for money laundry, I could not pursue to bring this fund directly into my country. This is why I have chosen to contact you in order that we can liaise to bring the money into your country for our mutual benefit.



If you consider my proposition and will like us to discuss further, kindly reply so I can elaborate more on the plan to accomplish movement of the fund to you without any risks or consequences whatsoever.



Kind regards,


Don Madison Jr.



- Don Madison

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