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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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• 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.
  • bamba2006@centrum.sk

Fraud email example:

From: "Sandra Bamba" <sbamba@mixmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bamba2006@atlas.cz
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:48:49 +0200
Subject: From Sandra Bamba - reply

>From Sandra Bamba - reply
INVESTMENT PROPOSAL.
Email: bamba2006@centrum.sk

ATTN; Dearest One.

I am sending you this proposal with deep concerned as to beg
for help out of my situation. I am MS SANDRA BAMBA, Daughter
to the personnal assistant to the late former president of cote d’Ivoire
Robert Guei, my father captain IDRIS BAMBA, was shot dead
including the former president Robert Guie and some members
of his family, in a coup attempt to overthrow the current president
during his official visit to Italy. Hearing the news of my fathers dead lately
in the night by his driver, I ran to his bedroom and carried away some
important belongings and move to the interior village for hiding.
I later discovered that the former late president assigned
($19 million Dollars) to my late father for the purchasing of Ammunitions.

But unfortunatly my father was killed before he could carry
out this assignment Now; this $19million Dollars is saftly Deposited
under a security companyby my father through the depositing
documents i discovered in his bed room from the important belongings i
carried away,as family's valuable items.he never told them that the
contains are money, but registered as families valuable items.

The Depositing Document and the keys are in my position.
Please i am contacting you as to assist me clear this money from this
security company and be transfered to your account for investment.
so that i can continue with my studies, I am a student of 21 yrs of age and
single. We can discuss your commission as soon as i hear
from you.
Thanks, write me through Email: bamba2006@atlas.cz
Sincerely,
MS, SANDRA BAMBA

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