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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • johnkumarafornah1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john k jim fornah" <johnkjimfornah2004@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:09:02 +0000
Subject: Please Urgent Help for my family.

John Kumara Fornah.
Go moa Refugees Camp.
Accra Ghana.
West Africa.

Dear ,

How are you today, hope all is fine with you and your family too.
First of all by Introduction My name is John Kumara Jim Fornah Jnr born
1980,From the Diamond Rich town of Mende western Freetown Sierra Leone west
Africa Iam the son of late Dr Jim Fornah, my late father held a lot of
respected and envious position in the government of President Tejan Kabbah
before his untimely death after a brief illness,He my Late father was the
formal bank governor of my country Sierra Leone, he was also the finance and
President Tejan Kabbah economic advisers. My late fathers because of his
position acquire lots of properties through diligent, God fearing and
handwork.

Before the outbreak of the eight years Brutal civil war in my Country Sierra
Leone, My late father sold our family land which was rich in diamond
deposits to an American Mining company ,Because of the rebels brutality in
my country, As the rebels were looting banks, finance houses and evn
breaking the national vaults. My late father to safeguard the fund Hurried
went to Accra Ghana and Deposit the Fund $32 Million United States Dollars
In a Security company. My Late father whom was an asthmatics patient, died
of cancer of the heart in 2001, in the United States of America on a
Government Sponsored medical treatment .

After The Burial of my late fathers the rebels West side boys held Our
Entire family hostage until the Government secured our realized, Due to the
break down of law and order, as the rebels were killing everybody
recklessly, we left Freetown sierra Leone to Accra Ghana, We arrived Ghana
through a boat with other Refugees, We are presently in Go moa Refugee camp
Accra Ghana as refugees. My Mother tried to locate the company to confirm
this deposit and thank God She found the company, we then presented the
documents to the director and told him that we wants to claim the deposited
metallic Trunk Box in their custody.

The Director of the security company confirmed that they do have such
Deposits with them based on the documents we presented to them, He went on
to say Madam as you can see even from the agreement we can not release the
Mettallic trunk box to you without the concept of your husbands foreign
partner, this is why we contacted you so as to stand for us as my late
fathers foreign partner and also our proxy man to get this metallic box out
of the Security company and transfer the fund to your country for any good
investment which you will recommend to us,We have resolved to give you 20%
of the Total fund $32 Million united states Dollars as your compensation for
helping us. What matters to us is trust, secret and confidential, as nobody
else knows about this fund except My Sister, My mother, you and I now. Even
the Security did not know the content of the trunk metallic box because the
content were declared/documented as artwork from the national museum. We
awaits your urgent response.

Reply in my secured email address: johnkumarafornah1@hotmail.com get back
to us for process of transaction. this is our real sitautions now,GOD Bless
you.

Best Regards,
John Kumara Fornah.
Tel: 00233-24-365-4410.

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