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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: "LIMEN KOFI" <limenkofi001@ig.com.br>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:31:46 +0100
Subject: AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
Dear Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds transferred under the cooperation 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 your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
transferring those funds despite that it failed us
some where.Now contact the security company with their
email address(asefc@fastermail.com
<http://my.f761.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=asefc@fastermail.com&YY=1895&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=f>)
and ask them to
send you the total $1.5Million dollars 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 in touched with the company and instruct them
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 sufferance at
this time,in the moment, i m very busy here because of
the investment projects which i and the new partner
are having at hand, finally,remember that i had
forwarded instruction to them on your behalf to
receive those money,so feel free to get in touch with
them to send the amount to you without
any delay.
with best regards,
Mr. Limen Kofi
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