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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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• 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.
  • awele_john@yahoo.co.uk
  • awele_john@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "John Peter" <john_consult@msn.com>
Reply-To: awele_john@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:21:55 +0000
Subject: RE: INVESTMENT.

JOHN CONSULT.
FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS,
NOTARIES PUBLIC & CORPORATE ATTORNEYS.
102,HALL LANE DRIVE,CHELSEA.
UNITED KINGDOM.
EMAIL:awele_john@yahoo.co.uk.


Dear Friend,

My name is John .A Peters Awele of the above referance.My client,a man of
international repute,an administator,a Governor of a state in Africa with
an outstanding personality profile,was arrested here in London [United
kingdom] on the 14th of september 2005,by the British Authority for an
alledged money laundry,and has since been on house arrest .

However,i have a brief from his personal assistant who was in the entourage
upon his arrest,to solicite for a reliable and confidential foreign partner
that can be entrusted with the sum of usd$25m for investment,hence my
contacting you.He however,confided to me with proof's,backed with
substential documents of this deposit which he clendestingly deposited as
an" ARTIFACTS" with a security outfit somewhere in Europe.

Accordingly,this sum was stashed away in two [2] boxes and couriered through
Diplomatic baggage and deposited with the security company as an
"ARTIFECTS". And because of the fear of the unknown,coupled with the present
situation,he now decide to trade in this funds by way of an investment to
any Blue-Chips company out there.

Therefore,if this proposal has anything to go-by with you,you can contact me
through my personal e-mail:awele_john@yahoo.co.uk and with your refrence.And
for the benefite of doubt, you can find this piece of information in this
websit:

http://www.efccnigeria.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=635&Itemid=2

Yours Faithfully,
John.A.Peters.
[chartered]

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