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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.
• 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.
  • felixablie11@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "felix ablie" <felixablie500@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: felixablie11@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:26:31 -0500
Subject: ATTN: CEO/PRESIDENT,

ATTN: CEO/PRESIDENT,

I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Mr. FELIX ABLIE the head of Secretary and Delegation to the World Bank in West Africa. I am the linkman between the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries- OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West African country. I also attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva. Through the sale of our allocated oil quota I was able to make 22.2million, which is currently deposited in Security and Finance company.

I want you to assist me to claim this money as I cannot claim it directly because I am still a Civil servant and the code of conduct bureau forbid me to acquire such amount of money. It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance if you will be interested; claim documents have been processed and will be sent to you. The documents with which the fund is deposited will be changed to reflect you as the new beneficiary so that you will be Eligible to claim and keep the fund on my behalf.

I will give you 40% of the fund for this assistance, if you will be interested; claim documents have been processed and will be sent to you.

I am aware of the international monitoring of all rage-scale financial movements after the eptember 11th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation I will provide a classified clearance paper from the relevant body which will exonerate the money from either drug, money laundered or terrorist related proceeds.

Kindly respond to my proposal either mail (felixablie11@yahoo.com) or you can call me on my hotline number (+23-480-2256-8076) the receipt of your fax indicating interest. I want to assure you that there is no risk attached in this transaction. You should also provide me with your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication. Expecting your response. And please do not turn my request down Urgent response is needed

Best regards,

MR. FELIX ABLIE 

 

 

 

 

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