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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:
Fraud email example:
From: "yusuf adams" <yusufadams7@gala.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:01:03 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend
Dear Friend
Hope this mail find you in an excellent condition of
health.I'm happy to inform you about my success in
getting those funds transferred under the co-operation
of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I'm in South
Korea for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum.
Meanwhile i didn't forget you're past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds
despite that it failed us some how.Now contact my
secretary in Nigeria her name is MISS.JOY UBAKA and
her email address is (miss_joy12_12@yahoo.se ) ask her
to send you the total $2,000,000 which I kept for your
compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in this matter.I appreciated your efforts at
that time very much .so feel free and get intouch with
my secretary MISS. JOY UBAKA and instruct her where
to send the amount to you.
Please do let me know immediately you receive it so
that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at
that time. I'm very busy here because of the
investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand,finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to My secretary on your behalf to receive
those moneys feel free to get in touch with Miss.JOY
UBAKA she will send the amount to you without any
delay.
With best regards
YUSUF ADAMS
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