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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: marykomana130@live.fr
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:04:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Miss Mary Komana
Hello Dear,=A0
=A0=20
Compliments of the day. i came across your contact address while searching =
for someone to help us, and decided to contact you, to write you because we=
have no other alternative. our mother was searching for a foreign partner =
to help us invest and to relocate, before she died of cancer 2 months ago.=
=20
=A0
=A0Now it is left me and my brother. We tried to getthe money from the bank=
, but the bank will not listen to us, they said we are too young, that we n=
eed a partner or a trustee.we don't know how to safeguard the money even if=
we could get it; It is USD$7.5 million us dollars presently in Bank.=20
=A0
we are afraid we don't know how and where to start about it.=20
=A0Please if you can help me and my brother try to reply us urgently as we =
will explain more to you and we can discuss fully and God will always bless=
you for your help which we know you shall never regret and we have agree t=
o give 15% of the whole money to you as for your help , Waiting eagerly to =
hear from you. Please we would=A0 like you to email us=20
=A0
on this mail box(=A0marykomana130@live.fr )=20
Regard
Miss Mary=A0 Komana=0A=0A=0A
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