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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.
• 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.
  • ethlynrichards2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ethlyn richards <kouakousec@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ethlyn@walla.com
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:38:51 +0100
Subject: Urgent message from ethlyn richards


Hello,

You may be surprised to receive this unsolicited mail
as it may appear to be. Sorry to bother you any way.

Glory be to God, My names are Mrs. Ethlyn Richards from America married to Rev. Gordon H. Richards who works with America embassy in England.

We were both married for years without children.

I do not intend to waste much of your time, my husband
left some money for me which i intend to give out for
charity purpose,to a God fearing individual or firm
that will received and use the money to help
ORPHANGES,WIDOWS,and PROPAGATE THE WORD OF GOD. I am
looking for someone that I can trust to handle this
funds.

Because of my present condition of my health problem
that is while i took this decision to give the money
out is that since i do not have a child and due to my
husbands belief in giving to the less previlage and
before my husband died we both decided to give the
money out for charity works that was our wish. And i
want to carry out my husbands wish so that he will be
happy with me where ever he may be.

The truth of the matter is i know that based on what
is going on all over the internet, people find it very
difficult to assist one another and also find it
difficult to believe issues like this but i assure you
that as soon as you can garantee me of your trust and
honestly i will be able to work with you.

As soon as you get intouch with me i will tell you all
the modalities that is invovled in this project.
Contact me on private email address below.

Email:ethlynrichards2006@yahoo.co.uk


May God bless you.

Mrs. Ethlyn Richards.

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