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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.
• 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.
  • john_mutale881@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?John=20mutale?= <john_mutale881@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:41:40 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dr John Mutale.


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : john_mutale881@yahoo.fr

Hello,

I know you will be very suprise reading from a stranger

you have never met or known from anywhere. I am Dr John

Mutale from Sudan, I am one of the senior Rebel leaders,

from the Christian side under the leadership of the former

Vice president John Garang. who died on the 31st july 2005.

You can read more of this story at: http://www.southsudan.net/ .


I have been here in Dakar Senegal since the death of Vice

president John Garang. You will definitely find this mail

strange in the first place, my aim of sending this mail to

you is that as a result of the demise of the rebel leader,the

vice president,crises will continue in the country for a very

long time and I also want to solicit your assistance in

transfering some money that I have in a bank here in Senegal

into your account.This is because my residence status in senegal

does not permit me to move such huge volume of money.The amount

in question is $15.3million(Fiften million,three hundred thousand

us dollars) and I would like to invest the money in your country

since I cannot go back to my country for very long time.


As my present situation will not allow me handle such volume

of transaction because of the crisis. I want to use your name

and account to transfer the money. Please I need your help in

this to make every arrangement of transfering this money out of

Senegal a success. Please if you can assist me in this regards,do

not hesistate to contact me immediately so that I can furnish you

with all the necessary information and procedure for the transaction.


Thanks ,

Sincerely Yours.

Dr John Mutale.

- John mutale

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