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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (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.
  • rguei52@yahoo.com.sg
  • rosemary_guei2@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?rosemary=20guei?= <rguei52@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: rosemarygu3@yahoo.com.sg
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: rguei52@yahoo.com.sg

My Dearest One in Christ,



I am ROSEMARY GUEI a widow from Zimbabwe.I must sincerely and

honestly let you know that i and my only kid is fast depreciating here

in Ghana where we where granted asylum due to the fracas that erupted

my


country.If not for God who is our refuge ,we would have been dead by

now.My only husband was killed in the fracas because he was against the

land

dispute between the white farmers and the Govt,for this reason,the

loyalties

of wicked president Robert Mugabe planned and killed him.

Since the death of my husband we have been finding situatin hard,even

to

eat good food is a problem,not to talk to clothing,tears on our

faces crying for God's intervention through mankind and likeness.My

greatest


happiness is that my late husband secrectly deposited $9.M as a cargo

with

a cargo company unknown to our Govt.The deposition was made

secrectly for safety of the funds in the cargo,it was declared as

family

treasure containing valuables for security reason.

I DESPERATELY NEED YOU TO HURRY TO MY AID DUE TO LAW RESTRICTION TO RUN


BUSINESS IN ANOTHER MANS COUNTRY.

You are urgently require to help me run this business to enable easy

and

smoth claims without any problem.Kindly forward me your full

name,contact address and your mobile phone number to enable me forward

them to the cargo company for immediate release of the cargo in your

favour.

I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU %15 WHILE I WILL COLLECT %80 AND THE

REMAINING

%5 WILL BE FOR EXPENSES IN THIS TRANSACTION.

Thanks and i hope i can count on your trust and kindly keep this

transactiuon

secrecy for our safety here because this wicked Govt of my

country is seriously looking for us to kill.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REPLY ME FROM:rosemary_guei2@yahoo.fr

Thanks.

ROSEMARY GUEI.



- rosemary guei

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