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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.
  • judeomor2002@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jude Omor <j_omor174@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <judeomor24@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:45:53 +0000
Subject: Hello From Jude


Hello.
May I at this point first apologize for this unsolicited mail, i got your contacts from a reliable source .Please forgive my indignation if it may have offended you without your prior-consent.I am JUDE OMOR a Sierra-Leone by national but presently living in Ghana .I am based here in the Accra Refugee camp.My father,the (late John A Omor) was a paramount chief in our local.Village.This village was very rich in diamonds,columbium and Tantalum.The latter being a base metal for the production of Tantalize used cell phone and computers.Anyway by virtue of my father's position as a chief,whose administration overseas the collection of royalties on all Mineral lands within his jurist ration.Sadly however my father was accused of embezzlement and murdered by the rebels during the insurgency in President Paul Koromah's Government.

That was when i ran for my dear life to Ghana and sought shelter at as refugees. i came to Ghana with some variable items, as i was going through most of our family pictures that was where i found some documents indicating that my late father has kept an amount of US Dallas 28 Million in a private security company here in Ghana i was fill with joy but At the moment I can not claim the money because of my status and no body with believe me, because am a refugee i will like to know if you can assist me in claiming and arrange means for the transfer of the whole amount from Ghana to Overseas,for a viable investment of your choice.Your assistance will be of great help to me should you decide to help,because my status dose not permit me to run an account here and also i might be killed if they see the documents covering such money in my position.I am worry of contacting any of my father business partners because I believe that some people had hand in my father's death,plz get back to me asap so i can send you the documents if you need prove.


I remain.
Your truly,
Jude Omor

00 233 243 37 40 14
judeomor2002@hotmail.com
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