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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • leadersoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alhaji Basa Dangogo" <basadangogo1@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:39:33 -0800
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL / PRIVATE FROM ALHAJI BASA


Dear My name is Alhaji Basa Dangogo,I work with the federal ministry of
petroleum.

I and my colleagues made a deal out of the previous windfall that arose from
the Iranian-USA face off that pushed up crude oil price,and the proceeds
from the deal is now in a stable suspense account.

Due to the fact that as government officials, we are not in position of
operating foreign accounts, so we are in dear need of a trusted person
abroad whom we can trust that can assist in safeguarding the fund for us.
This transaction we desire to conclude before now and two working weeks if
you are willing to assist. The fund which is in total of $21,456,450 USD
(twenty one million four hundred and fifty-six thousand, four hundred and
fifty US dollars) has nothing so far connected with the federal government
fund but was as a result of over inflating of contracts given out in the
down stream sector.

So this happens to be our own share of the whole fallout of the deals, which
was conducted with other government contractors.
We desire your speedy reply, which will sure make things easier on our own
part in remitting the fund through the account officer whom we shall soon
introduce to you on your reply. Note that after this transaction we shall
come to your country for the sharing of the fund, which should be 70% for
us. 20% for you while 10% takes care of the banks onshore and offshore
operations.
Feel free to contact me if you wish to help for more details. My phone
number on request.

Send your reply to leadersoffice@gmail.com

* Thanks.
Alhaji Basa Dangogo*

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