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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:
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • emmakofiemma001@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?gb2312?q?Kofi=20Emmanuel?= <emmakofiemma001@yahoo.com.cn>
Reply-To: emma_kofi@email.ro
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:20:48 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Compliments


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Hello Dear,


My name is Mr. Emmanuel Kofi, I am the Operations Manager of SAFE TRUST

DIPLOMATIC SECURITY VAULTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED.


I am a Ghanian and i have been working with this company for over 10 years

and within this period,I have watched with a keen interest on how African Heads

of state and government functionaries have been using this company as vehicle to

move huge sums of money, cash STERLING,EUROS) to their foreign partners and asset

managers.


They lodge in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as

family treasures and documents e.g. GEN. SANI ABACHA OF NIGERIA, (DEAD),

MOBUTU SESE SECO OF ZIARE (DEAD),FODE SANKOY OF SIERRA LEONE, FELIX HOUPHET

BOIGNY OF COTE D'IVORE (DEAD), KANAN BEDIE OF COTE D' IVORE (ABIDJAN) etc and

quite a couple both serving and ex Heads of African States .All these people

have consignments deposited with my vault and over the period are being claimed

by their foreign partners, friends and relatives .A lot of them are lying here

unclaimed for as much as eight years. Nobody will ever come for them because in

most cases, the deposit documents are never available for anybody except the

depositors.



On the above preference and with my in-depth knowledge on the depositors

contractual mandate . I have moved two trunks boxes to our affiliate office in

Europe (ready for collection).More than Six consignments belonging to late

Gen.Sani Abacha and the former Rebel president of Liberia, Charles Taylor has

been claimed in the past six months with only proof of deposit certificate as

was stipulated in their deposit contract mandate and this is why i am

soliciting for your maximum co-operation and assistance. As much as i know, Gen

Abacha has nine consignments deposited with several names and codes four has

have been claimed in the past six months with a request stipulating that the

boxes are delivered to the claimer designated address.

I have finalized every arrangement for you to go and claim consignments with

code NO; BCC: 1401/1402, CONTAINING $19.5 MILLION .


I will supply you with all the information and documents which you will need .In

conclusion; I assure you that this business is risk free. (OUR MODE OF SHARING

IS 30% FOR YOU AND THE REST 70% for me), YOU CAN REACH ME THROUGH MY EMAIL AND I WILL

DIRECT YOU ON WHAT TO DO AND HOW WE WILL GO ON.


Best Regards,

Mr. Emmanuel Kofi.

- Kofi Emmanuel

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