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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:
  • "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "money order " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:29:22 -0700
Subject: /Appeal for Assistance.


From Prince Williams Amani/Appeal for Assistance.=20

Refugee Camp, 23 Rue Des Republicain,
Koumassi 17 bp.1246 Abidjan 17
Abidjan-Cote D'ivoire=20


Greetings to you.=20

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(Foreign Investment Project Assistant)=20

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I=92m Prince Williams Amani, surviving son the late chief Venantius Lansa=
na Amani, from Sierra Leone, I have gone through a profile that speaks go=
od of you and it interests me to contact you for an assistance to help me=
secure my inheritance left over Sum of ($18.3 Million) dollars balance o=
f my father in his checking credit card account with a finance company he=
re in Cote d=92ivoire, I will only guarantee initial debit of (USD1.8Mill=
ion) out of this deposit depending on your honest and guarantee of trust =
to debit the total sum only when you will help me secure for a resident p=
ermit into your country to meet with you in good faith for further discus=
sion on this mutual relationship and investment projects, reason because =
my late father was a government entrepreneur and oil merchant before he d=
ied he sold his shipping company for disability of our political crises a=
nd war, he deposited this funds in foreign account here in Abidjan and ha=
nded me over the deposit before he died to make use of wisely. =20

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This funds was acquired legitimately by my late father and has been grant=
ed to be credited over through swift automatic teller machine transfer to=
any country of my choice, all I need is your assistance to arrange for m=
y travelling by sending letter of invitation and to finance the delivery =
of this money order to a legitimate address where I will locate you for t=
he future investment and educations.=20


Also I need your assistance in investing of this funds in your country fo=
r my security because of my uncles who wanted to kill me out of envy, I h=
ave no trust to any one again this led me to contact you to stand as my l=
egal trustee for the transferring of this funds overseas for investment p=
roject, I intend to establish this funds in your country as advised by my=
late father, for my life safety and free political tension. Though I hav=
e not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confiding in succ=
eed sometimes in life.=20


I can confide on you for the brighter future of my life since I have no p=
arents anymore and my relatives plotted to the killing of my late father,=
and I believer you be human to me to build a better future for me in you=
r country, before my father died he finally died he told that it was beca=
use of his wealth and political statues that he was killed and that I sho=
uld choose country of my own choice and secure this funds through his for=
eign associates, now I decided to invest these money in your country or a=
nywhere safe enough for security and political reasons.
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I want you to stand as my legal trustee and fund manager to assist me sec=
ure for claims application on inheritance funds of my late father and ret=
rieve this fund from the bank through debit card transfer to used interna=
tionally when debited to your credibility custody, this will help take ca=
re of my education and investment purposes in your country like real esta=
te land acquisition, hotels and telecommunication project.=20


You shall be my funds manager and investor of the project and I will like=
you to ask if 30% of these funds could be enough to you for your compens=
ation assistance in other to settle your government taxes in your country=
to enable me invest in your country, because I would like everything to =
do according to the law and constitution of government to avoid problems.=
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Call me as soon as you send me mail on this number: +22503578807=20


I await your details of response.
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Truly Yours,
=20
Williams Nanu Amani=20

Please ensure that you contact me with Emails: williams.amani@cosmo.edu.=
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