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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:
Fraud email example:
From: adam_kume12@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 22:16:36 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Your=20Compensation=20For=20Your=20Past=20Effort=2E?=
Dear Friend?
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay. Presently I'm in Paraguay
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile,i
didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring
those funds despite that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Benin Repulic west Africa his name is Musa
Dicko on musadicko@myway.com ask him to send you the total of $900.000.00
which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts
to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very
much. so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mr Musa and instruct
him where to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferings at that time. in the moment, I'm very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the
secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch
with Musa Dicko with this email address musadicko@myway.com and he will
send the amount to you without any delay.
Yours Faithfully.
Adam Kume.
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