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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:
  • "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 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.
  • khalid_usman24@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM Khalid Usman & Sister Astu Usman" <khalid_usman20@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: khalid_usman22@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:47:55 +0100
Subject: CAN WE TRUST YOU


From Khalid And Sister,
Dakar Senegal ,West Africa.
Contact Email khalid_usman24@yahoo.co.uk

Dearest Beloved,

Please kindly go through this letter before you pass judgment because
we are in need of assistance. I am Khalid Usman and Sister Astu Usman the son
& Daughter of late Chief Dr Malik Usman from Sierra Leone. I must
confess our agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal

My late father happens to be in control of a large number of farms
including cattle's and many sheep before he was poisioned by his foreign business
partners in our home country Sieria Leone with my mother in one of
their farmers assication meeting because of greed.

But before his death my late father deposited some amount of money
outside our country in bank at the tone of $25Million United States Dollars
$25,000.000.00 here in Dakar Senegal. So i and my little sister are no longer safe here as
the present government of Sierra Leone are working with almost all the
killers of my late father as one of them has been just be made a minister, name
undisclosed because of security reasons.

I and my sister was terrified of the situation and because of this I escaped with my yonger sister Astu
from Sierra Leone to Senegal
into a refugee camp here in dakar senegal,

Furthermore we have contacted the bank where the money is depsoited and
the bankers let us understand that they signed an agreement with our late
father that the total money must be transferred into his foreign business
partner account undisclosed to them and that is the major reason why i am
contacting you now for assistance.

All I needed from you now is your full names and address including your
direct and personal telephone number for easy communication as you know
that this transaction is a very confidential one.

Please Kindly get back to us immediately after you must have gone
through my message fill free and make it urgent. That is the reason why we offered
you 30 % of the total money amount, and in case of any other necessary
expenses you might incur during this transaction.

I am pleading with you to consider our situation and come to our aid.
We shall ever remain greatful to you and you shall really be blessed in
your Life.There are millions of people out there put our heart choosed you
and we believe that it is devine and you are not going to let us down.

N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment
opportunities which is risky free which I can invest with this money
when it is transferrred from the bank here, personally I am interested in
estate management and hotel business,

please advise us.For more explanation write us through my alternative
e-mail address: khalid_usman24@yahoo.co.uk

And promise me and my younger sister to be a father considering our
situation and not to betray us.

Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Best regards

Yours True Son & Daughter.
Khalid Usman & Sister Astu Usman.

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