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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • donatusandsister6@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "URGENT FROM DONATUS WEST." <donatusandsister5@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: donatusandsister6@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:52:39 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU CLAIM THE ALREADY TRANSFER FUND IN JAKARTA INDONESIA.

Dear Friend,

Better days greetings to you and your entire family and I pray that may the Almighty Allah we guard you and your family’s, Meanwhile I also want to use this opportunity to introduce myself well to you,

I am Donatus West and my younger Sister Faith West, Our late father was a serving Director of the Agro-Exporting board Director until his Death. Our late father was the assassinated last January by the rebels during the political uprising.

Before his death, he has a Deposited fund consignment trunk box which contains the sum amount of $25Million united state dollars which he deposited under diplomatic care and protection in Jakarta Indonesia for purchase of cocoa processing machine and development of another factory before his untimely death.

As the first son of our late father, the fund consignment trunk box in my name as the rightful next of kin to the deposited fund in Jakarta Indonesia. However, we contacted you in respect of our late father deposited fund consignment box presently in Jakarta Indonesia, which I want you to assist us and stand as my foreign beneficiary to receive our fund over there in Jakarta Indonesia, this fund am writing you is the sum amount of $25Million United State Dollars.

Our late father deposited the fund consignment trunk box under SIERRA LEONE COMMISSION, For your information, who was suppose to receive this consignment presently in Jakarta Indonesia Was demanding for 50% which I and my younger sister Faith did not agree on for any reason, that was why we have to stop the delivery to his care immediately and search for another relabel beneficiary who can help us to claim and receive the fund consignment trunk box over there in Indonesia.

Take note, I and my younger sister Faith has agreed to offer you 30% for the total fund involve for your assistance because that was our former agreement which we have with our foreign partner Mr MOHAMED ABID before he later change his mind because of his greed that is why I and my Sister Faith put a stop to the delivery of the fund consignment trunk box to him as our mandate beneficiary,

We have plans to invest this money in continuation with the investment vision of our late father, but in this case we rather believe you assist us investing the total fund into any good and lucrative investment over there in your country, I have the vision of going into real estate and industrial production. In fact this is our vision for contacting you.

Once we confirm your capability of claiming our late father deposited fund consignment trunk box which contains the total sum of $25Million united state dollars presently in Jakarta Indonesia, I will further furnish you with the details and documents covering the deposited fund in Indonesia for onward clearance and delivering to your care as our mandate beneficiary.

Please kindly indicate your wiliness and capability of claiming the Deposited fund consignment trunk box and also indicate your interest in replying us as soon as possible.

Kindly furnish us with your contact Mobile phone number, on our next mail we shall send to you the Deposited fund Certificate Receipt and our international passport copy.

Reach us faster through our alternate email address for security reason,
Email. donatusandsister6@yahoo.com

Thanks and remain blessed.
Yours True Son and Daughter.
Donatus West and Sister Faith West.

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