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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • michealadamz260@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • micheal110adamz@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Adamz=20Micheal?= <michealadamz260@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: micheal110adamz@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:23:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: regards


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : michealadamz260@yahoo.fr

FROM MR MICHEAL ADAMZ

Dearest friend,

In order to transfer out (USD 65 MILLION) United States Dollars. I have

the courage to ask for your assistance to handle this important and

confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now

or in future. I am MR. MICHEAL ADAMZ. The AUDITOR GENERAL in this bank in Benin

republic. There is some fund left in this bank since 1999 and nobody has

claimed it. After going through some old files in the records, I

discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited

for nothing. The owner of this money is: MR Raymond Beck: a foreigner,

and a business man by profession and he died since 1999. No other

person knows about this money or any thing concerning it. The owner has no

other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his

company does not know anything about this money and the amount involved

is (USD$65M) SIXTY FIVE million United States Dollars.

I want us to claim and transfer the [USD65M]sixty five million

United States Dollars from this account into a safe foreigners account

abroad , but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a

foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but

can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in us

dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr. Raymond Beck is a

foreigner too. I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as

we dont know our selves before, but be assured that it is real and a

genuine business.

You are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so

please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take

urgently. I would want us to conclude this transfer within few working

days, In that regards kindly confirm to me your willing to receive this

money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund

will be safe. I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and

other investments as soon as you receive our fund and confirm to me.

I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with

foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to

make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this

payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account,

which I will give to you upon your willingness immediately. If you are able

and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and

trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit

because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful

person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need your

strong assurance and trust.

With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any

foreigner's reliable account after the procedures and the necessary

banking Mode of transfer, which you can provide with assurance that this

money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for

sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive

this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss

with me face to face here in Benin republic after which I will make

this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country so

at least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will

apply for annual live to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are

ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my

position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this

money to your account. At the conclusion of this business, you will be

given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be

for unforeseen expenses both parties might have incurred during the

process of transferring. Reply urgently via Email: micheal110adamz@yahoo.fr

Thanks.

Best regards

MICHEAL ADAMZ




- Adamz Micheal

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