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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: alice winpoe <al_winpoe_jo@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:44:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Miss Alice.


My compliments,

Kindly accept my apology for sending this mail to you.I sourced your profile through a member of this website and after days of fasting and prayers I decided to contact you.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile political situation in Liberia before now but it has formed consistent headlines in the CNN, BBC news bulletins.

My name is Alice WinpoeYormie John a deaf from Liberia, a Country in West Africa.My Father is late John Winpoe Yormie, Deputy Minister of National Security, Liberia. My father was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA (CHARLES TAYLOR) from office Without trial,Charles Taylor killed him and others without trial or fair hearing. You can verify this from your country.You can also check in some of the international newspapers posted in the web sites below.

(i)http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
(ii)http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_6621.asp

Before my father was killed, he moved out the sum of USD7.5 million which he deposited in a security firm in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire where we are now staying as political refugees. My father has been a business man before he was appointed into Government. We want you to help us receive the fund in your account, invest and manage it as our partner in your country while we continue with our education.

We have to migrate to your country after the fund is successfully transferred to your account.I and my younger Brother(Fred)have agreed to offer you 15% of the total money while the remaining will be for investment but what we solicit most is your trust in this transaction as we don't want someone who will betray us at last.

Kindly reply us urgently so that we can know our position and to enable us furnish you with every detail about this our inheritance.

Please send your response through the above email address.

God bless you.

Truely yours,
Alice Winpoe Yormie John.





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