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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.
  • zenithbank@manama.cc (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jonathanwell <ijenwata2@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:20:26 +0800 (CST)
Subject: good news from west africa for your compasetion


Attention: Beneficiary,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed and defrauded in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $4 M.USD for each. This also includes all the foreign contractors that have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international business(s) that failed due to Government problems etc.

So we found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.So you are advised to contact Mr. O.Mars of ZENITH BANK OF WEST AFRICA PLC, as he is our representative in West Africa, contact him immediately for immediate transfer of $4 M.USD.

This compensation funds are already deposited in the ZENITH BANK OF WEST AFRICA PLC. So it will be transferred to you and you can clear it in any bank ofyour choice which you will have to give to him. Therefore, you should send him your,

FULL NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS AND AGE:
BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION:
A COPY OF INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
Person to Contact: Mr.O. Mars
Email: zenithbank@manama.cc
Thanks and God bless you and your family as we hope to hear from you as soon as you receive your funds right in bank account.
Regards,
Dr.Jonathan Well.
Former Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).


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