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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:
  • "dearest one," (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "can i completely trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: mis joy <joyobi6jp@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: joyobiyo@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 23:54:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest One,

Dearest One,

I am so sorry if i may have interrupted or violated any of your policy,actually i am contacting you for a favour.
Here is a brief self introduction of me,my name is Joy Obiyo,19 years old girl, And the only survival of my late parents Mr and Mrs Obiyo Adams. My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days, It is sad to say that he
passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on 12th.November 2005.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected by one of his brother who accompanied him on that Trip, But God knows the truth!
My mother died when I was just 8 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my Father on November 12th 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he has the sum of Eight Milion Five Hundred Thousand
Unite&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;d State Dollars.(USD$8&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;.5.0&shy;00&shy;&shy;&shy; 000) left in a metalic Trunk box, Which he deposited in one Prime Security Company here in Abidjan, but the Security Company didn't know the content as money, because it was
registered as family valuables personal for security reasons. And he made the secretary to understand that it was because of this wealth that makes his Brothers to be against him,
That i should seek for a foreign partner abroad&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;, who will help me to retreive the trunk box, and ship it direct to his or her country, and also to travel along with him or her because my life is in danger as soon as his Brothers find out about that money in the
Security Company, My dear, i am just 19 years old and a Secondary School Level and really don't know what to do. This is because i have suffered a lot of set backs, as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. Coupled that i have been chased out of my Fathers House, all because
i dont want to tell his Brothers any thing about my Fathers Wealth which they have plan to take over from me all because i am still a small girl,
My dearest one, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded, I want you to assist me retreived this trunk box out from the Security Companys Custody, and shipped it direct to your Country, And as soon as you received it,
You will now make an arrangement for me to come over to your Country in other to continue my Education and also to invest that money into Bussines relationship with you,

I will be waiting for your urgent reply and also to know how much you will like to be your own % after the success in geting the trunk box retreivced and also deliver to you in your Country, Please my dear, if you find this mail offensive, please ignor it and accept my appology, Thanks once
again, and may God almighty bless you and your Family, kindly get back to me as soon as you read this message, so that i will send to you all the documents which was sign by my late Father, on the day he made this deposit, including the contact of the Security Company, so that you can contact
them on how this trunk box will be retreived and also be sent direct to you in your Country.

Please permit me to ask this questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me ?
2. Can I completely trust you?
if the above questions is yes and i see your desire to assist me, i will offer 20% of the total sum.

Please do respond immediately you recieve
this mail for more informations.
My Best Regards
Miss Joy Obiyo.



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