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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:
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • melissa_nguessan02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "taylor godfree" <mix_149@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:42:23 +0000
Subject:

this is the msg I recieved through Myspace

FROM MRS MELISSA N'GUESSAN IN GOOD FAITH.

Dear Respectful One,

From:Mrs.Melissa N'guessan.

Address:lot 268 Rue de Bingerville Cocody Abidjan Côte dIvoire With regard
to your reputation and co-believer of God who will not disappoint me nor
deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of assistance to you.

I am Mrs.Melissa N'guessan the wife of Mr.Rahman Nguessan from Republic of
Cote D Ivoire really in dear need to get somebody who will safe guard the
interest of me, my only son and my treasure. Briefly, my husband Mr.Rahman
Nguessan was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based in Abidjan Côte dIvoire and
had a branch office in Accra Ghana.

My husband was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business in many
countries in Europe, America and Asian countries. According to my husband,
The story is that my husband Mr.Rahman Nguessan was poisoned to death by his
business associates about
some months ago, and he died in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

But when he was about to die, he called me beside his sick bed and told me
that he deposited the sum of Ten Million seven hundred thousand United State
Dollars (USD10.7M) in a confidence account as bond in a bank here in Abidjan
Côte dIvoire, this money was kept for
me his wife and our only son. Right now, I am here in Abidjan,the commercial
city of Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa from Ghana.
My problem now is that since my husband has been poisoned to death by his
business associates, I dont even trust any other person here again and to
this effect, I do contact you.
I have been asking myself why do we have to pass this life sorrowing with my
family and feeling the pain's since I lost husband,I and my childern have
never know a moment of happiness. I know from the moment that my husband was
kill by poisoned my race against time had begun. please we need your help,I
will never succeed in trying to paint the picture of the agony I am going
through with my family. if you have lost someone who was so dear to you in
unexpected circumstance you will probably understand what I went through or
what I
experienced.
And we are very worried about the political situation of our country and if
you listen to CNN OR BBC you will know about our country problem this is the
reason why I need your help. Now I want an account overseas where I can
transfer this funds. This is because we
have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis
here in Ivory coast.
Right now, I want you to help me in the following ways:

1) I want you to help me extract this money from the bank here and then
provide a bank account where this amount here (USD10.7M) can be transferred.
2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal advicer
in your country, when this fund must have finaly enters into your nominated
account.
3) To invest the fund in five star hotel or any business you know will be
good to invest this fund
will be welcome by me.
4) You are going to receive 20% of the total sum for your assitance to me.
I appreciate if you consider my condition and help me, and I am willing to
proceed with you as soon as I have your response. Please try to contact me
through my email address
THIS BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S
BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.

Waiting for your immediate response.

Thanks for your understanding

Mrs.Melissa N'guessan.

NB: Please do reply me through my private email address at
melissa_nguessan02@yahoo.com

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