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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • dropanwest511@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: office.center01@microcamp.com.br
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 18:38:08 -0300
Subject: Trust/Confidential Businnes proposal




FROM THE
DESK OF
Dr OPAN
.C. WEST
AUDITING
AND
ACCOUNTING
MANAGER,
BANK OF
AFRICA
(B.O.A)
BENIN
COTONOU
REPUBLIC.
EMAIL
/dropanwest511@yahoo.fr
Trust/Confidential
proposal
Dear
Friend,





Please
this is
important
and very
urgent i
have an
urgent
transaction
of $22.6
million
usd to
transfer
to your
nominated
account, I
am Dr OPAN
.C.WEST, i
am an
Auditor,
with
Accounting
Department,BANK
OF
AFRICA(B.O.A)
here in
Cotonu,
Benin
Republic.






Aftergoing
through
some old
files in
the
records,
I
discovered
that if I
do not
remit
this
money out
urgently
it will
be
forfeited
for
nothing.
The owner
of this
account 
unfortunately
died in
the plane
crash of
Union
Transport
Africains
Flight
Boeing
727 in
Cotonou,
Benin
republic
on the
december
25,2003.
You will
read more
stories
about the
crash on
visiting
this
website
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
No other
person
knows
about
this
account
or any
thing
concerning
it,the
account
has no
other
beneficiary
and my
investigation
proved to
me as
well that
his
company
does not
know
anything
about
this
account
and the
amount
involved
is (USD
22.6
MILLION)
Twenty
two
million
Six
Hunderd
Thousend
United
States
Dollars.





I want to
transfer
the USD
22.6
MILLION)
Twenty
two
million
Six
Hunderd
Thousend
United
States
Dollars
into a
safe
foreigners
account
abroad ,
but I
don't
know any
foreigner,
I am only
contacting
you as a
foreigner
because
this
money can
not be
approved
to a
local
bank
here, but
can only
be
approved
to any
foreign
account
because
the money
is in US
dollars
and the
former
owner of
the
account
is a
foreigner
too. I
know that
this
message
will come
to you as
a
surprise
as we
don't
know
ourselves
before,but
be rest
assure
that this
is life
time
business
for both
of us
even for
our
generation
to come .





With
believe
in God
that you
will
never let
me down in
this
business.
You are
the only
person
that I
have
contacted
in this
business,
so please
reply
urgently
so that I
will
inform
you the
next step
to take
urgently,
Send also
your
private
telephone
and fax
number .





I want us
to meet
face to
face or
sign a
binding
agreement
to bind us
together
so that
you can
receive
this
money
into a
foreign
account
or any
account
of your
choice
where the
fund will
be safe.
I will
fly to
your
country
for
withdrawal
and
sharing
and other
investments.
I am
contacting
you
because
of the
need to
involve a
foreigner
with
foreign
account
and
foreign
beneficiary.






I need
your full
co-operation
to make
this work
fine
because
the
management
is ready
to
approve
this
payment 
to any
foreigner
who has
correct
information
about this
account,
which I
will feed
you with,
if you
are able
and with
capability
to handle
such
amount in
strict
confidence
and trust
according
to my
instructions
and advice
for our
mutual
benefit
because
this
opportunity
will never
come again
in my
life.





I need
truthful
person in
this
business
because I
don't want
to make
mistake I
need your
strong
assurance
and trust.
With my
position
now in
the
office I
can
transfer
this
money to
any
foreign
reliable
account,which
you can
provide
with
assurance
that this
money
will be
intact
pending
my
physical
arrival
in your
country
for
sharing.





And i
want to
remaind
you that
your
share has
been
carculated
at 35% of
the total
sum. I'am
waiting
for your
urgent
reply so
that i
will give
you more
information
about this
deal.
Please
reply
back to
my
private
email
address(dropanwest511@yahoo.fr)
With
regards,
Dr OPAN
.C.
WEST.(B.O.A)





 


_________________________________________________________
Microcamp

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