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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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• 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.
  • kono_ibrahim@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PRINCE IBRAHIM KONO" <ibrahimkono@steam.to> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:30:12 +0400
Subject: FROM MR IBRAHIM KONO

Good Day,

My name is mr Ibrahim Kono a crown prince of one of the largest ethnic group (EWE) that made
up the republic of Togo. We have been major opposition to the dictatorship and
selfish rule of the late president Gnassigbe Eyadema. Immediately after
the demise of the late ruler 2005 we thought our suffering is gone,
also we were wrong as his son Faure Eyadema manipulated every body even
the House of Parliament to ascend the throne.
The AU (African Union)
which is an authorized body in a matter of this nature intervened to bring
him to order, but failed. As he went ahead to conduct an election
within a short period and he won. He hanged on to power not without an
underground elimination of the perceived opposition, which claims the life
of my elder sister & my beloved father King Kojo Kono
Fortunately for me I escaped to the middle east on information from one
of the official from my ethnic who is also a member of the same
government.
Although I had not met you formally but I hereby solicit for your
assistance in respect of my present condition. After the demise of my
father all our assets and local bank accounts had been frozen. However
he had a large deposit of sum money with a Vault Deposit Company outside
our country. Now it is obvious I cannot return to my
country so soon hence I need your assistance to secure this fund in a
foreign account for safekeeping.
I want to invest this money in your
country and stayed there until after this present regime is out of power. For
further clarifications please visit this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo
If this agreed on I will tell you what next to do.Please contact me with my alternative email address (kono_ibrahim@yahoo.com) for security reason:

Thanks
Yours sincerely
Mr Ibrahim Kono

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