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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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• 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.
  • ekwemmo_sea1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: <godwinbonferry@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:00:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: We await your response in this regard,

It is my pleasure to write to you in respect of our company. We are experts in the sale of raw materials.

We export it into Canada/America and some parts of Europe And Some parts of Africa. We are searching for representatives who would work for us either from his/her house or place of work as a medium of recieving payments from our costumers.

How it is done is that when a memorandom of understanding is reached between us as in if you accept to work for us, we will then have you as one of the company's personel who will stand as the company's representative....recieving payment from the company's customers based on our instruction
and directives to them. commissions and other benefits are already worked out.So if you are interested in working for us in this regard, you are highly welcome.

For futher informations and enquiries, contact my secretary on this email; (ekwemmo_sea1@yahoo.com)

We await your response in this regard, Thanks.

China Metallurgical Import & Export Henan Company
(CMIECHN) www.cmiec.com
Mr.Godwin Bassy



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