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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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• 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.
  
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  • ami_malick4@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Ami & Malick" <ami_malick3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ami_malick4@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:03:05 +0000
Subject: Assalamu'Alakum

Assalamu' Alakum

Letter From Miss Ami And Her Younger Brother Malick Ibrahim .
119 Rue
Dial Diop Senegal
Ssylum Camp Dakar Senegal.


Dearest Sir/ Madam.

I am Ami the Daughter of late former Director of finance, Mr Ibrahim. A Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation. I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal.
My late father diverted this fund acquired from the over influencing of price of sales/purchasing of raw materials.,


now Before his death he deposited the TOTAL SUM OF (25 Million U.S Dollar), in cash,packaged in bundles into a metalic box, in one of the Security Finance Company here in Dakar Senegal, where I am residing under political asylum with my younger Brother, my younger brother who is 17 years old. Now the war in our country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers,

the present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all officers who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it is on this note that we are contacting you.

For you to assist us transfer this money to your position in your country, now all our hope is banked on you and we really wants to invest this money in your country, were their is stability of Government, political and economic welfare. Honestly we want you to believe that this transaction is real and never a joke.

our late father Mr Ibrahim called me closer to his bed side before his call to glory(R.I.P)that i should pray to Allah first, before contacting any foreigner and he warned me stricly that we should avoid his brother with their greedy and evil mind since this is the only legacy we are inheriting from him.

Please, this is for you to be clarified because, we do not expose our self to any body we see, we believe that you are able to keep this transaction secret for us because this money is the only hope of our life, it is important.

Please email us immediately after you must have gone through our message fill free and make it urgent. And in case of any other necessary expenses you might incure during this transaction including your telephone calls.
N.B Try and negotiate for us some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is risky free which we can invest with this money when it is transferred to your position and you will be our guardian,

personally we are interested in estate management and hotel business, please advise us, email us back immediately you receive this message for oreexplanation. And promise us and to be a perence considering our situation and not to betray us.
kindly contact us with this email address

(ami_malick4@yahoo.com)

Thanks and Allah bless

Best regards

Miss Ami And Malick Ibrahim .

NB: Our late father used me the Daughter as the beneficiary / next of kin on the day of deposit and also told me I need a foreign assistance in abroad who will stand as co-beneficiary and partner abroad.

Please we your full information such as it is writing
bellow,
FULL NAME:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
SEX:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
COMPANY: IF ANY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:,,,,,,,,
PHONE:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
CELL:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
FAX:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
CITY:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
STATE:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
ZIP CODE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
COUNTRY:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
OCCUPATION:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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