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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.
  • aliu_makoba@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Aliu Makoba" <aliumakoba10@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aliu_makoba@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:54:34 +0200
Subject: Assalamu' Alaikum From Aliu Makoba


Assalamu' Alaikum,




Good day to you, I hope fine, dear am writing this mail with due
respect and heartful of tears,sorrow and pains in my heart, since we have not
known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance,i have
gone through your profile and will be very glad if you can render us an assistance in our situation now.


I would like to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you, My name is Aliu Makoba & my sister Aminatue, from ivory coast in west Africa presently residing in Dakar due to the civil war going on in my country.


My late father Dr Mahmood Makoba, was the personal advicer to the former head of state before the rebels attacked our house one early morning killing our security,my mother and my father, It is only my Sister and
I that is alive now and we managed to make our way to near by country
Senegal where We are living now. My father deposited the sum of (Seven
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) in a finance company (£7500.000.000).We will like to know more about you.


We will give you details about the deposit as you respond to ourrequest.We have all original copies of the documents concerning this money with
Us here and the proof. So please we are expecting to hear from you soonest.We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total funds for your able assistance and support and would send you proofs of the funds as soon as we
favourably hear from you.



True Our private Email: aliu_makoba@yahoo.ca

Finally I implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons.




We Need Your Personal Informetion's To send your name to the finance company for nomination as our foreign partner.



YOUR FULL NAME...........................................

AGE................................................................
HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS................................

STATE/COUNTRY............................................

TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER..............................
OCCUPATION..................................................

Thanking You in anticipation and Allah bless you.



Best Regard,

Aliu Makoba & Sister Aminatue.

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