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

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Quattara=20Ken?= <quattken@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: qken212@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:45:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: business deal


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

Mr.Ken Quattara.

Ghana.

Good day to you!

I am requesting for your assistance in a deal of Considerable

financial gain for both of us.

I am Ken Quattara, I was the Personal Assistant (P.A) to the former President of The Federal Republic of Togo.

In the last week of January 2005, i deposited two boxes on behalf of late President Gnassingbe Eyadema with a security company in Ghana.

The boxes contained Thirty five million dollars($35,000,000.00) in cash,and i have the certificate of deposit issued by the company for the boxes and were labeled "photographic and arts materials".

I am asking for your assistance and involvement so that we can get

the money for ourselves. I can not do this on my own because it was deposited for the foreign associate to come and pick it up for his investment,If you accept to act as an associate of

the Late President Gnassingbe Eyadema, I will arrange for you the Letter of Authorization for the purpose of reclaiming the boxes on his behalf for our own benefit. As the co-beneficiary it will be your responsibility and

obligation (as stated in the coded agreement between the depositor

and the company) to reclaim and repossess the boxes from the storage facility.

You will be required to come down to Ghana to meet with me personally then after we will go to the company for cliams.

This way you will see the boxes for yourself and sign the necessary documents to reposses the boxes. The company will assist you to bank the funds and transfer to your offshore accounts in your country. This was how it was done with previous associates.

I assure you that everything will go smoothly if you choose to

be part of this transaction,there is no illegality involved here.

If you do decide to get involved then i expect total commitment from you. If you can do this, i am offering you 40% of the total fund as your own share.

If you are interested in this deal,then contact me immediately via

email(furnished above) for further details.



Best regards,

Ken Quattara.

- Quattara Ken

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