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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • smithykomo06@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: smithykomo06 komo <smithykomo06@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 11:08:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL


NAME: smithy komo NYERERE

E-MAIL:smithykomo06@yahoo.co.in

ATTN:

I know that you may be surprise receiving this, but do
please consider it a request from a young man in
serious need of your humble assistance. My name is as
above stated. I am the second son to late Dr. Julius
Nyerere, former president of Tanzania who died two
years ago due to a protracted illness. I am 28 years
of age and a graduate of Managerial Economics from the
University of Pretoria, South Africa. I am presently
staying here in Johannesburg with my younger sister,
Lekky. I got your contact from the world business
journals and directories.

My sole reason for contacting you is to solicit for
your kind assistance in helping me to invest in your
country a cash fund of US$20Million I inherited from
my late father. He had deposited this money in a vault
of a private security company here in Johannesburg
using my name as the sole beneficiary. I now want to
invest this money carefully in your country since I
felt more investment opportunities abound there. Also,
I do not have much of investments knowledge and I will
be grateful if you could help me invest it religiously
on a lucrative venture. But could you kindly please
help me by nominating your personal or company bank
account for the transfer of this money into your
country for safekeeping pending my immediate arrival
for onward investments? It will be unwise for me to
carry it in physical cash.

I have concluded to offer you 15% of the money for
your kind assistance and all expenses that you might
incur on the process of this transfer are strictly
subject to instant refund. The rest will be for my
investments in your country, which I am going to rely
on you heavily to help me materialize.

Kindly contact me on my e mail address should
this proposal happen to meet your utmost
considerations.

In sincerity,
MR smithy komo nNyerere.



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