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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22505944454 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • emma1980ndu1@yahoo.fr
  • 3aemma1980ndu1@yahoo.fr
  • emma1980ndu1@centrum.sk

Fraud email example:

From: "miss emma nduka" <emma_nduka1@klikni.cz>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:41:23 -0700
Subject: HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.


HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
FROM MISS EMMA AKUAS NDUKA.
Refugees Cam Phone:+225 05944454.
Please reply to E-Mail:emma1980ndu1@yahoo.fr<E-Mail%3Aemma1980ndu1@yahoo.fr>or
emma1980ndu1@centrum.sk
My Dear Respectful One,

With due respect and humility I write you this letter which I believe you
would be of great assistance to me and my younger sister we are Miss Emma
Akuas Nduka/Miss Rose Joy Nduka the two Daughters of late former Director
of finance,Chief James Nduka from Sierra-Leone diamond and mining
corporation.I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in
this proposal.

My late father Chief James Nduka diverted this fund acquired from the
overinfluencing of price of sales/purchasing of rawmaterials, now he has
deposited the money with BANK here Abidjan COTE D'IVOIRE BY FIXED DEPOSIT
FORM,and he attached a strict clause to the fund in bracket(PAY AS
RECEIVED),where I am residing under political assylum with my younger sister
Rose Joy Nduka who is 17 years old.

I feel pleased contacting you personally with the hope to establish good
business relationship that is strongly rooted in truth and the fear of God.

I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to
transfer our cash of (Twentyseven Million Dollars) $27 Million
($27,000.000.00). now in the custody of a private bank here in
Abidjan,although my father made them to understand that the money belongs to
his foreign partner.

My father had already made arrangement for his family- my mother, my little
brother and myself to be evacuated to Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire with the
certificate of deposit he made with a bank here in Abidjan through the aid
of UN evacuation team.

During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate looting of
Public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the Sierra Leone
mining coop. Was one of the target looted and destroyed.

The untimely deaths caused my mother's heart failure and other related
complications of which she later died in the hospital after we must have
spent a lot of money on her ending of last year 2007 . Now my 17 years old
sister and myself are alone in this strange country suffering without any
care or help.Without any relation We are now like refugees and orphans.

Please I will like you to send to me the following information so that I
will submitte it to my local Bank here for the transfer.

1. Your Full Name..........................................
2. Your Location:..........................................
3. Your Age:..............................................
4. Your Marital Status:....................................
5. Your Occupation:.......................................
6. Your Address both Home & Office:........................
7. Your Telephone and fax n?for easy communication:........
8. The name of your Bank:..................................
9. Address of your bank:...................................
10.Telephone & Fax of your bank:...........................
11.Your Account Number:....................................
12.The Account Beneficiary's Name:.........................
13.Sort Code, Swift Code etc:..............................

As soon as I receive this Bank detail information, the Bank will be
instructed to effect the change of Account to your name as my WILL
beneficiary

Please always contact us through our private Email address and the above
telephone number .

I am looking for nice men to marrie me or friehdship too, with someone nice
and easy going, my hobbies are cooking, reading,sports, and dacning. please
I willl like to know you better and friendlier. Please I will like to know
you more OK. Please, If you care's to know me as-well,the feel free to write
me back.

Thanks May God bless you as you assist us.

Best Wishes,

MISS EMMA AKUAS NDUKA
Refugees Camp Phone:+225 05944454

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