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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 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.
  • danjumaali300@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Danjuma Ali" <danjuma_ali@msn.com>
Reply-To: danjuma_ali@sify.com
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:08:48 +0000
Subject: ASSISTANCE

Attn,
I am Danjuma Ali personal assistance to Lieutenant General Martin Luther
Agwai. a retired General in the nigeria army as you must have been aware
that democrazy has now come to stable in nigeria. he join the army in 1972
and rose to the post of a general after serving in different capacity in
the nigeria army. he retired from the military in the year 2001 two years
after General Obasanjo was democratically sworn in as the president of
Federal republic of nigeria. Since then he has being been down with stroke
which is now very serious.
During his service as a military officer he served at the ministry of
petroleum and natural resources when the military are in government. he
succeeded in lodging some millions of Dollars oversea and now decide to
invest about $15m usd on any lucrative bussiness abroad and for his plan to
be effective he now ask me to look for a good,trustworthy and God fearing
foreigner who will be as his partner and will be 100% in control of this
investment while he will operate underground because for now he does not
want people to know he own such project not even his family.As i told you
all former military officer are under surveilance in Nigeria because of
thier past corruption , if you wish to be his partner you can get back to me
via my personal;
e-mail address as below:
danjumaali300@yahoo.com
For me to know your plans and what I need to do to speed up the processing.
I await your immediate responce.
Thanks
Danjuma Ali
c/o Gen Martin Luther Agwai

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