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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "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)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
  • ojo200200@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Hope=20Johnson?= <hojo200200@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: hjohnson_7000@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 02:25:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Looking Forward To Hear From You As Soon As Possible


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'=E9crire =E0 :=A0h=
ojo200200@yahoo.fr

Attn:Sir/Madam,

=20

Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards of the Shipment of funds, =
I wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have been automaticall=
y concluded and has left South Africa to Europe via to a foreign benefici=
ary today by Express Cargo Flight.


Note carefully the content of the crates is "MONEY".The funds which amoun=
t to thirty Million

United States Dollars Only is to be retrieved by a foreigner to have the=
foreign touch it desire as I am making it as a deal with you. but I did =
not disclose the actual content to the Courier Services as Money,rather I=
informed them that the crate contain Vital

"DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to my client (That's you).


In case you are wondering who is write you my name is Mr. Hope Johnson, t=
he head of dept international remittance dept STANDARD BANK OF JOHANNESBU=
RG SOUTH AFRICA. My bank is among the banks accredited to pay foreign co=
ntractors this year of their over due

contract payment which I am directly in charge of.


This fund in question is resulted from over invoice contract sum, which m=
y late partner initiated a diplomatic means to move the funds abroad to a=
void bank-to-bank transfer, which will cost us too much taxes, I have als=
o received a call from the diplomat that he has already deposited the box=
es in a vault in Europe waiting to be delivered to you the beneficiary.


Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 240kg. On No account should=
you disclose the content of the Crates with the Diplomatic Courier Servi=
ces for, fear of Betrayal.=20


So do not allow them to know that the Content is money, revealed this ma=
il, is the two trunk boxes that contains the very sum of thirty Million U=
nited States Dollars Only on hearing from I,will send the picture of fun=
ds when it was been counted by my bank officials and arranged in trunk bo=
x for onward shipment and the other picture was taken when the Diplomatic=
official went to cargo the boxes at the International Airport.


As soon as you contact me with your present complete contact details,I wi=
ll give you the diplomatic registration codes and the secret code numbers=
to the lodgement codes.=20


Reply immediately with you full name,address,tel/fax number for easy comm=
unication.=20


Get back to me as soon as you get this message.


Sincerely.

=20

Mr.Hope Johnson.=20





- Hope Johnson

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