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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • wyohw_conference2008@usa.com
  • wyohw_usa2008@mail2california.com
  • precious-infowyohw@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "World Human Rights Organization" <precious_infowyohw@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: precious-infowyohw@excite.com
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:10:47 +0100
Subject: *****SPAM***** CONFERENCE/INVITATION...

CONFERENCE/INVITATION...

Dear Sir/Madam

We are cordially inviting you to our twin combined conference which will be held.In Anaheim California From the 21st- 23rd of January and Dakar Senegal from the 27th -30th of January.

If you are interested to participate and want to represent your country,you may contact the secretariat of the organizing committee for details and information. You should also inform them that you were invited to participate by a friend of yours (Miss Precious Wright ), Who is a member of the American Youths for Peace and a staff of (WORLD YOUTH ORGANIZATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS).

The benevolent donors of the Organizing Committee will provide round trip air tickets and accommodation for the period of participants Stay in the U.S, to all registered participants.You will only be responsible for your own hotel booking in Dakar where the second phase of the conference will be held.

If you are a holder of an international passport that may require visa to enter the United States you may inform the conference secretariat at the time of registration, as the organizing committee is responsible for all visa arrangements and travel assistances.

Please contact the Conference Secretariat with the address below for details information,

Email. wyohw_conference2008@usa.com OR wyohw_usa2008@mail2california.com
By TEL: +1 (516) 303-0022 or
By FAX +1 (718)-228-8213

You may get back to me with this email address. precious-infowyohw@excite.com

Sincerely,
Precious Wright

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