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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: opponng <opponngmike5@naseej.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:39:56 +0300
Subject: Greetings.


Good Day,
 
We are corporate & investment Consultants acting as solicitors for one
Dr. Avril Cummings, former commissioner for Income Tax of Republic of
Sierra Leone. My client is presently residing in Accra, Ghana as a
refugee due to political and legal problems he is having with the
government of Sierra Leone under President Tejan Kabbah.
 
My client was falsely accused of fraud and subsequently the
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) headed by Commissioner Val T. Collier
slapped a phony corruption charges on him and an arrest warrant was
issued on him. My client is a man of affluence, no doubt about that.
He had acquired enormous wealth, no doubt about that. But his wealth
was not acquired illegally neither had he solicited, accepted or taken
any illegal advantage as falsely accused by the Anti-Corruption
Commission.
 
As fate would have it, my client was fortunate to escape from Sierra
Leone and now resides as a refugee in Ghana. His enemies whotraced
where he was residing as a refugee here in Ghana due to later killed
him the corroboration of some high government officers. In the course
of his departure from Sierra Leone he was fortunate to have arrived in
Ghana  with reasonable quantity of precious minerals and cash amount
of $9,000,000.00 USD (Nine Million us dollar)
 
My client Son will be prepared to finance your project or enter into a
joint venture with you subject to a due diligence period of one week
to thoroughly study your business plan etc.  To that effect I, being
the attorney will like to join hand with you and get this fund
transferred into your account. Also I want you to note that the fund
was kept in the bank vault, and that it is our responsibility to 
clear out any hindrance that would delay the smooth transfer of the
fund.
 
Please percentage is negotiable upon your reply.Please be mindful that
the fund is of no criminal origin. The transfer and investment is
necessitated due topolitical instability in the region. Please let us
know by returned mail/fax if we could be of some help in financing
your project.

Hope to hear from you.

Sincerely yours.
Mike Opponng.







بريد نسيج http://mail.naseej.com

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