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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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• 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.
  • benabu007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BEN ABU" <benabu20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: benabu007@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:49:16 -0600
Subject: TRANSFER OF US$36 MILLION {URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL}

Attn: The President/CEO

Sir,

Transfer of US$36 Million {URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL}

My name is Dr. Ben Abu from South Africa. I am a Director of World Bank
Development Programme {WBDP VISION 2010} Africa region. To save your time, I
will go straight to the point. The US$36 MILLION accrued from the US$1.5
BILLION recently approved by the World Bank Group for various development
projects in Africa. I am in search of a reliable and serious minded foreign
partner to assist in the re-profiling of the US$36 MILLION. Specifically,
you will be required to:

(1) Front as the beneficiary of the funds.
{2} Assist in the transfer of the funds into a viable bank account provided
by you.

It will take only a few days to complete the transaction. After the
transfer, 40% of the US$36 MILLION will be your share. 10% will be set aside
to reimburse expenses {if any} encountered during the transfer. 50% will be
for me and my colleagues here.

This business is completely risk free. For more information, pls quickly get
back to me with your full name, company name, direct phone and fax numbers.
Reply to my confidential email address: benabu007@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,
Ben P. Abu

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