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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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Fraud email example:
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Amed=20mustafa?= <amed_mustafa2006@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: amed_mustafa2005@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 23:54:48 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT
¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a: amed_mustafa2006@yahoo.com.mx
- Dear Sir I am Amed Mustafa, the son to Al- Mustafa a former chief security adviser to the late Head of State of Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Sani Abacha. Currently my father is under detention, My family needs foreign assistance to help in securing funds in security vaults, amounting to $12.3m which was part of the fund voted for security vote during the reign of General Sanni Abacha I am reaching out to you, and soliciting your help to secure these funds. If we can trust you to help my family, Let me state that we need a high level of security and communications thanking you in advance. Best regards. Amed Mustafa
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