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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: georgeakume akume <georgeakumeh@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:15:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From George
Dear Sir
Hope you got my mail of yesterday, if you do please kindly get back to me so that we can proceed.
Regards
George
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