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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: Fatima Ali <fatima_01ali@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: f_01ali@myway.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:44:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I AM WAITING FOR RESPONSE
Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME
First and fore most I have to thank you for your kind response to my request, please note that this mail is entirely defferent from what you have been receiving or hearing from Radio Stations or news concerning Internet Scam?
It's because of my present condition which has almost penalised almost all the parts of my boddy, having seeing my condition I have no other option than to donate this fund to a God fearing person after three days paying and fasting for God to Direct me to who will use the fund in accordance to the wish of my late Beloved Husband that a substential part s of this fund be share among the less previlige in society.
If you are serious about helping me and not with an intention to do away with the fund when its eventually get to your account, then I will want you to forward your Address and telephone so that I will asked our family attorney to prepare a Change of ownership that will give you right as the next of kin to the account in the bank.
Again, I'm writing with the help of my house girl who do the typing as I dictate for her, she may be writting you sometimes where am unable to dictate please do bear with her interm of her spellings.
By this offer you will confirm that really not everybody or mail that one received from the Internet are fraud?
I will be waiting for your Address as I have said above for the prepareation of the change of ownership as you can not do anything without any legal documents to back up your claim in the Bank.
May God Bless you
Truly Fatima A. Ali
Is this a spam or is this the real thing. I need to know for sure, I don't want to get scammed again.
What do I need to do
VICTIM-FULLNAME
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