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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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.
  • mrdavidrowland@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr David Rowland <mrrowland_david@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrdavidrowland@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:41:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Greetings


FROM THE DESK OF THE (MANAGER)
FCB ACCRA GHANA WEST AFRICA
#132 KWAME NKURMAH AVE
FAX 26 75 06 88 41
TEL (+233 )242964160

DEAR SIR/MADAM

(RE-TRANSFER OF $35.5MILLION US DOLLARS)

Good Day,Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is
Mr David Rowland , A Top Management Official of one of the finance
corporation bank in Accra Ghana West Africa.I came to know about you in my
private search for a reliable person/company to handle an important
assignment on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.

A German MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER, 64 years of age and a prosperous
oilGold merchant had in our Bank the sum of $35.5million in a domiciliary account.
Unfortunately, he was killed in the plane crash involving concord AF4590 in Gonesse,France. Efforts had been made by the management of my bank through the German Embassy in Accra Ghana to contact any of the deceased children but to no avail, as we were made to understand he had no children. Given the skeletal information available to the bank, it has so far been impossible to reach any of
the relatives.

The situation left for the Management is to declare the deceased
account dormant and revert the Amount to trading on behalf of the
interest of the Bank. In order to avoid this development, my
Colleagues and I now seek your approval to have you stand as a distant
relative to MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER, so that the money would be released
to you. All documents and proofs to enable you get the money will be
carefully packaged once we receive your consent on this proposal.

I
shall apply for a leave as soon as the funds gets into your reliable
account to come to your country for possible sharing and investment
opportunity which you will assist me in doing. May I assure you that
this is safe and risk-free, as we have taken care of all necessary
modalities to ensure a hitch-free movement? I have the authority of my
partners involved in this assignment to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in this, your share would be 30%.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.
Then i will like to know your age first to know weather you can be able to do
this type of business and send me your telephone number so that i will call you for heart to heart discussion.
PLEASE VIEW THESE WEBSITES BELOW TO CONFIRM WHAT I AM TELLING YOU. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
PLEASE CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL FOR PROCCESSING.THANKS
mrdavidrowland@yahoo.com

Best Regards,
Mr David Rowland




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