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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • ernestwhite233@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Tony Williams" <tonyowilly1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ernestwhite233@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 05:40:34 -0800
Subject: CAN WE HELP YOU BETTER?

Sir,

We introduce ourselves as Capital Placement Specialists located in Accra Ghana, dealing primarily with manufacturers, construction companies, agricultural industries and trading companies. We also represent a European / Asian Trust Fund that has investment interest in manufacturing sector. We also glad to inform you that we have corporate companies that mine in large quantity (Gold and Diamond) please specify your full interest. However, they are ready to sign long term contract with any interested buyer based on CIF or FOB.

Our Gold miners and sellers have decided to protect (Buyer and Sellers) with good procedure. We usually able to finance projects between the ranges of US$1 Million to US$50 Million Dollars for interested sole proprietors in terms of expansion purposes. At this time we welcome parties who are interested in obtaining financing to restrict their communication to this institution for good financial updates.

We offer very competitive rates and the flexibility not normally found through traditional banking infrastructures. We pride ourselves on the ability to understand the unique circumstances of the entrepreneurial mind and the problems in obtaining financing through stringent conventional red tape.

It would be highly appreciated if you could publish a brief note in your next bulletin to this effect and also spread news of our introduced service to other interesting parties who can obtain financing and interest in Gold and Diamond.

Thank you very much for your anticipated patronage and kind assistance.

Yours truly,

Mr.Ernest White
Corporate Lending.
Email: ernestwhite233@yahoo.com
Tel: +233 292 874 582
Fax: +233 298 748 765

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