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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • joe200s@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Joe Sakuro" <200j@marsool.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:59:13 +0300
Subject: Good News From: Mr.Sakuro Reply Urgent............


From Mr.Joe Sakuro
# 8 Periwinkle Place,
Kommetjie,Johannesburg,2196
South Africa.

Dear Sir / Madam,


(VERY URGENT PROPOSAL)

I know that This letter might surprise you because,we have not met neither in
person nor by correspondence. But I believe it is one day that you get know
somebody either in physical or through correspondence.
How ever My name is Mr.Joe Sakuro,I want to transfer 36,000,000 USD) Thirty Six
Million United States Dollars from a Prime Bank here in South Africa to an
oversea account.First,I must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction. This is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential.I am
sure and have
confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this
great magnitude.I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount
into your safe account for unward investment.You can either provide us with an
existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this
money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will
remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and
believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.I am the
personal account officer to the great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an account in
one of the top banks here in South Africa. The account was opened in 1998 and he
died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL and since 2003 nobody has operated
on this account again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this
money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows about this
account or anything concerning it, the account has no otherbeneficiary and until
his death he was the manager of the company.My
investigation through the National immigration department proved to me as well
that he was single as at the time of his entry into the Republic of South
Africa. The amount in this account is USD$25 Million
(Twenty five Million United States Dollars ) only.As a matter of fact, I have
decided to transfer this fund abroad for investment. your assistance as a
foreigner is necessary because the management of the bank will welcome any
foreigner who has correct information to this account which I will give to you
immediately, if you are interested to do this business with me.There is no risk
in this business. With my position and my personal contact with the manager of
the bank, the money can be transferred to any account you can provide with
assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your
country for sharing.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved
to a local person here, but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the
correct information of the account which I will provide for you.So you should
provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund to be
transferred or you can set up a new account for the transfer even an empty
account is ok.
The A/C Details have to be arranged as follows,
BANK NAME:............
BANK ADDRESSE:........
BANK A/ NO:...........
BENEFICIARY NAME:.....
A/C ROUTING NO/SWIFT CODE:.
AND YOUR PRIVTAE TELEPHONE NO:
At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any expenses
both parties incurred in the process of this business and the remaining 60% will
be for me.As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you
will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the
processing of the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.
As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let
me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of
the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.
I look forward to a favorable response from you through this email: <
joe200s@myway.com > fax me or call me directly on my private :satllite phone,
+874-762345315, fax: +874-762345316

Yours In Business,
Mr.Joe Sakuro.



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