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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 us 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.
  • drjacques_diouf2000@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jacques diouf" <drjcqdiouf0117@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: drjacques_diouf2000@myway.com
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:28:13 +0100
Subject: My sincere apeal to you



Dear Sir/C.E.O,

My names are Dr. JACQUES DIOUF,Director-General,Food and Agriculture
Organisation(FAO)an agency of the United Nations.I am seeking for your
concept to invest into an efficient property business in your Country,where
these funds will not be put into losses.Since my life time,I have been
working for the government.I do not have much dealings about business except
this time that I need your assistance to investing these funds into property
kind of business in your Country.The amount is Two Hundred Fifty Million US
Dollars (USD$250M) in a finance and services authority company.I need your
help to transfered these funds into your Company's Bank Acoount or a private
Bank account where the funds will be fully safegaurded before using it for
investment.And you should keep the top secret to avoid this transaction
jeopardise my official reputations,locally and internationally.These funds
were realised through the over-invoiced maintainance projects fund which was
over-estimated during the fund assisted development projects and food
supplies executed globally,that attracted us$5.7billion to help the
low-income food-deficitCountries in Asia and Africa.

These are the kind of investment I would want the fund to go into,
commercial building suitable for corporate lease and letting,include
Hotel,Estate what for sale in your Country.And also, a residential
detached building preferable at water fronts and reserved area/location
where I can reside with my family after my retirement.

Please,if you are interested in this request,you will receive 30% of the
total amount as your benefit.

Note, you are to provide your your company's bank account number,beneficiary
name, telephone/fax numbers . And for more information about me check at
www.fao.org,then click to the D-G profile.


I await your response ASAP through my private email
address:drjacques_diouf2000@myway.com

Best Regards,

DR.JACQUES DIOUF.

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