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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:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • katekufi03@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kate kufi <katekufi006@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 07:34:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Kate Kufi ? Please help me


From Kate Kufi
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa.
Email::( katekufi03@yahoo.co.uk )

Dear after going through your profile i decided to contact you for friendship and assistace.I am Miss Kate Kufi the only daughter of Mr and Mrs kindibe B. Kufi, my father was killed on a coup plot by the rebels because of not insupport of the coup, the first day this
poltical crises started on the September 19,2002 mutiny that equally lead to the death of former military junta Robert Guei.
This you can find on web page report on.CNN.com - Ivory Coast Rebel Uprising Spreads.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/09/21/ivory/index.html

Before his death he told me as his only child because my mother died when am young and told me about the money, It is The sum of Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand USD ($9.500.000) he deposited in a bank here in our country that it was because of this money he was posioned that if he dies i shall look for some one whom i trust to help me transfer this money out of this our country to his account for investment purpose abroad while i will continue my education then the person will be managing the investment.Dear am solicating your assistance to help me transfer this money out of this country for my life sake while i will come to meet you to continue my education in your country.


Dear am looking forward to hear from you and may the good God bless you as you try to help me in Jesus name i pray Amem,and so that we can discuss on what will be your compersation for this assistance..I am free to offer you 15% for your assistance,thats is way am looking for God fearing person and who i can ley trust on.

Please reply me directely on this my private mail box for more details.

( katekufi03@yahoo.co.uk )

Thanks
Faithfully
Kate Kufi.





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