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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)
• 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.
  • betty_johnson020@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Betty Johnson <bettyjohnson008@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:02:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AND MY AGE MOTHER.


Dear Friend,

Maybe I should trust and take you into confidence.This is because you
strike me as a child of God.Anyway, I am the past chairlady of Network
for Movement of Justice and Development(NMJD), an organisation set up by
the Sierra -leone Government to supervise the sales and award of
diamond contracts.

Due to my ill-health for sometime now, I have not been able to look for
a reliable person to propose this business to. Stating it briefly, my
late father deposited the sum of ($17.5million U.S Dollars) in a Safe
Deposit in Senegal, but for security reasons the said funds is now being
kept in the diplomatic security office.

This money was paid into the suspense account in the office with my
name as the next-of-kin. This money was realised from Diamond sales and it
was kept under the care of my late father as the commander in his
Area,which is (AREA B.) that controls any financial issue in(NMJD). Over
these years, I have been seeking for a very close foreign confidant to
come into my live and handle this situation with me.

I highly need your assistance both in putting this funds into your
account for our mutual benefit. I would want to invest this funds either in
Europe, Asia or in the US where businessmen and women are encouraged
by the government.

I just hope you will not betray my confidence in you at the end. This
is because, I have no single idea of foreign investments. I also hope
that you will take care of all that.

All the necessary arrangements have been clearly prepared by our church
Rev.Father who is taking care of me and my aged mother. Thanks a
million while waiting eagerly for your response by return mail: betty_johnson020@yahoo.co.uk



With love
Mrs Betty Johnson.



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