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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • email.donatusandsister2@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM DONATUS WEST" <donatusandsister1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: donatusandsister2@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:53:46 +0000
Subject: INDICATE YOUR INTEREST, FROM DONATUS AND SISTER FAITH.

Dear Friend,

Better days greetings to you and your entire family and I pray that may
the Almighty lord guard you and your family.I want to use this opportunity to introduce myself well to you,

I am Donatus West and my younger Sister Faith West, Meanwhile our late father was a serving Director of the Agro-Exporting board Director untill his Death. Our late father was the assassinated last January by the rebels during the political uprising.
Before his death, he has a Deposited fund consignment trunk box which contains the sum amount of $25Million united state dollars which he deposited under diplomatic care and protection in jakarta Indonesia for purchase of cocoa processing machine and development of another factory before his untimely death.

As the first son of my late father, He deposited the fund consignment trunk box which he made me as the next of kin to the deposited fund consignment trunk box in Jakarta Indonesia. I contacted you in respect of my fund consignment box in Jakarta Indonesia, which I want you to assist me and stand as my foreign beneficiary to receive my fund over there in Jakarta Indonesia, this fund am writing you is the sum amount of $25Million Uinted State Dollars.
Which our late father deposited under SIERRA LEONE COMMISSION for I and my sister Faith, and also who was suppose to receive this consignment in Indonesia, Was demanding for 50% which I and my sister did not agree on for any reason, that was why we have to stop the delivery to him immediately, and search for another Beneficiary who can help us on this.

Take note, I and my younger sister Faith has agreed to offer you 30% for the total fund involve for your assistance, because that was the former agreement we have with our foreign partner Mr MOHAMED ABID before he later change his mind because of his greed that is why I and my Sister Faith put a stop to the delivery of the fund consignment trunk box to him as our mandate beneficiar,
We have plans to invest this money in continuation with the investment vision of our late father, But in this case we rather beleve you assist us investing the money into any good and lucrative investment over there in your country, I have the vision of going into real estate and industrial production. Infact this is our vision for contacting you.

Kindly funish us with the above required informations such as.

YOUR FULL NAME......................................

YOUR POSITION..................................

AGE:.................................................

STATUS:........................................

POSITION HOLD..............

STATE/COUNTRY.............................

ADDRESS..........................................

MOBILE PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

Once we confirm your capability of claiming our late father deposited fund presently in Jakarta Indonesia, I will further furnish you with the details and documents covering the deposited fund in Indonesia for onward clearance and delivering to your care as our mandate beneficiary.

Please kindly indicate your williness and capability of claiming the deposited fund consignment trunk box and also indicate your interest in replying us as soon as possible.

As soon as we hear from you concerning this matter, We shall send to you our international passport copy, pictures and the deposited fund documents.Reach us faster via our alternate email address. Email.donatusandsister2@yahoo.com

Thanks and remain blessed.

Yours True Son and Daughter.

Donatus West and Sister Faith West.

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