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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • anthonywillison001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Anthony Willison <anthonywillison9@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:14:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MR ANTHONY WILLISON.


FROM MR ANTHONY WILLISON.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK [ADB]
LOME TOGO ANNEX,
MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS IS : anthonywillison001@yahoo.com.

Dear Friend,

In order to transfer out (USD 10 MILLION) million United States Dollars) from AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR [ADB].

I have the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I AM MR ANTHONY WILLISON THE MANAGER OF AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK [ADB]ASSISTED RURAL PROJECTS IN TOGO REPUBLIC. There is contract money left in this
bank since 1999 and nobody has claimed it. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this contract money is Mr. ARTHUR SMITH a foreigner,and a miner at KRUGER GOLD CO., a geologist by profession and he died since 1999. Noother person knows about this money or any thing concerning it.

The contract money owner has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this money and the amount involved is (USD 10M) ten million United States Dollars . but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr.ARTHUR SMITH is a foreigner too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don’t know our selves before,but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. You are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.

I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need yourstrong assurance and trust.I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.I look forward to your earliest reply.

Contact me here : anthonywillison001@yahoo.com.

Best Regard's,

Mr ANTHONY WILLISON.


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