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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • angose1_m2003@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "angose mbelete" <angosemb20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: angose1_m2003@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:24:34 +0100
Subject: i need your assist

FROM Angose Mbelete
Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire
cocody angrre



Dear One
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this
letter meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this
contact might seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any
dealings in the past. I humbly ask that you take due consideration of
its importance and immense benefit. My name is Angose Mbelete, from
Sierra-Leone. the only son of chief jimmy ikey MBELETE my farther was a
cocoa machent is a very busy man when hi was alive he based on agriculture
produce and distrebution of cocoa pamoil roobers etc .befor the death after
a brief illness that lasted for only four days hi made a deposiet of (THREE
Million, EightHundred Thousand United StatesDollars.

I want to invest in your country with a very honest person and again in a
very
profitable venture. And you being in a business line in your
country been so peaceful i think you are in a good position to assist
me. However, since the money was deposited in a vault security company here
in
Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire by my late father on behalf of his foreign
business partner.the money now on the costody of the security company As the
refused to entertain my claims on the money unless i provide this my
father’s

foreign partner. I need you to come as my late father’s foreign partner
for this (money), be transfer in your country so that I will come over and
start my education where I stop this money will be for onward
investment(s). 20 % for your assistance I’m rigth now in Assulun camp
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire,protected under refugee status. I need your assurance
assitance, i will appreciate if you can get intouch with me as soon as you
receive this letter so that we can procured and tranfer this money in your
account in your country. this needed your full name addrees phon number fax
number including your bank information Thanks and God bless, i’m looking
forward to hear from you. here is my ortanetive email address
angose1_m2003@yahoo.fr
Warmest regards,
Mr. Angose Mbelete

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