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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.
  • azizi010ayman@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: azizi ayman <azizi010ayman@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:48:04 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Greetings.


Greetings.

I have the courage to contact you as a reliable and honest person who will be capable of this important business believing that you will not let me down. I am Mr.Azizi Ayman. I am an auditor by profession. I head a team that audited the accounts in my Bank. There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 this account has been dormant. I am contacting you in other to transfer the sum of (USD$12.5 Million Dollars) from our bank which I found in this account.

In the light of the fact, I need your assistance to open your door to this opportunity for both of us, by providing all necessary information where the fund will be remitted. I want to process the transfer into a safer account abroad but I don't know any one who could actually assist, I am contacting you, because this money can only be approved to a foreigner, being that the owner of the account Engr. Smith U. Williams was a foreigner.

I need your full co-operation and assistance because the new management of this Bank is ready to welcome anyperson who has correct information of this account, which I myself, am having with me and will give to you as we agree to work together. I will explain fully when I receive your consent as regards this mutual beneficial proposal. I look forward to your earnest reply via my privet mail contact azizi010ayman@yahoo.co.in .

Regards,
Azizi Ayman


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