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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.
  • jjoliseh@ny.com

Fraud email example:

From: "JJ Oliseh" <jjoliseh@msn.com>
Reply-To: jjoliseh@ny.com
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:10:56 +0000
Subject: Banking Assistance.

Dear Friend,

I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your assistance
to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
country. I apologize if this mail does not suit your personal or business
ethics.

My names are Mr. John Oliseh, We are making this venture proposal to you in
strict confidence. As senior civil servants in the Nigeria Government, the
civil service laws (Code of Conduct bureau) forbid us to own a foreign
account. The money we have in our possession is an overdue payment bill
totaling Twenty Six Million, Four Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand US Dollars
S$30,500,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and
co-operation of a company/or an individual to receive the said funds, via a
reliable Bank Account.

If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate your interest
after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other information
to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due
course. For your assistance, you shall receive 30% amounting to
US$9,150,800.00 of the US$30.5Million, 60% amounting to US$18,300,000 for us
and 10% amounting to US$3,050,000
will be used to settle taxation and other miscellaneous expenses incured in
the course of transferring the funds to your account.

Please indicate your direct telephone and direct fax number when replying
this business proposal preferably through my alternative address as this is
my only confidential email address: jjoliseh@ny.com, I will call you when
necessary. If you are not interested, please also indicate so that it will
enable me to contact other foreign partner with recommendations to carry out
this deal.

A swift acknowledgment of your receipt of this mail will be
appreciated.

Thank you and God bless you.

Best regards.
Dr John Oliseh

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