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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.
  • mr.danielgyimah@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "barrsmensah@terra.es" <barrsmensah@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:18:24 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Kindly contact Mr. Daniel.


Please accept my apology.

How are you today? I hope all is well with you and your family, I apologies for all the inconveniences and inflict that I might have indulge you through.

I'm very happy to inform you about my success in getting the funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from South Korea. Meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and

attempts to assist me in transferring these funds despite that it failed us some how.

I want you to know that I am not only a Christian but a first class believer. I am always careful why dealing with human beings to avoid attracting curses to my family and generation. I

am a serious minded solicitor with complete Spiritual Comfort ability; for this reason I have promised myself to reward you for all your past efforts and assistance.

Now you need to contact Mr. Daniel C. Gyimah the Foreign Remittance Managing Director (ICB) International Commercial Bank Ghana Ltd. ask him to kindly send you a certified bank

draft of One million U.S dollar which I instructed him to prepare for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me which later failed, infact I really appreciate your

past efforts at that time very much.

Therefore feel free to get in touch with Mr. Daniel on his E-mail:( mr.danielgyimah@yahoo.com ) Telephone Number: +233 27 633 7404 and direct him where/how to send you the draft so that we can share our joy together after all the sufferings at that time.

However I may not contact you again, at the moment I am very busy because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are having right now in South Korea.

Also note that I have forwarded this instruction to Mr. Daniel on your behalf; therefore establish contact with him immediately to enable you receive your draft without any delay.

Take care and remain Blessed.

Yours Truly,
Mr. S. Mensah.





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