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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.
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
Fraud email example:
From: graceigho@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:01:16 +0100
Subject: Stand for me as a partner
Dearest one,
I am miss Grace Oghene 18 years old my father gave me a
Deed of
lodgement of 8,528,000US DOLLARS (Eight Million FiveHundred and
Twenty
Eight Thousand USDS). before his death on 6th May 2004, for the
fund he
deposited in a bank here in Benin Republic west africa.
Reason
For contacting you is that the fund was deposited for trasfer to
his
partner before his death.
I need an honest person that I can present as
my later father\'s
partner, so that the fund would be transferred to you
for the benefit of the two of us.
The funds shall be shared 50/50
between the two of us at the completion
of this transaction. if
intrested contact me via my private
:grace.oghene@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Grace Oghene
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