Scams!!!-help Please

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i just received this in my e-mail

from young nana <nana_y6@hotmail.fr> hide details 6:54 am (11 hours ago)
reply-to peace_nana101@yahoo.fr
date Mar 20, 2007 6:54 AM
subject Hello.
mailed-by hotmail.fr
Hello.
In a brief introduction.
My name is Young Nana. from Sierra Leone. I am 20 years old,iam residing presently in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoir.It is my pleasure to contact you for the first time and believing that it will lead to a better relationship between us. I have an inheritance that I would want to invest in your country. My parents are late,and before the death of my father,he had an aggreement with the bank based on the deposited fund on how it will be transfered and that nobody has the right to wthdraw pending when the fund is transfered out of Africa for investment reasons
The amount is US$6.850.000. I want you to stand as my late father's business partner in claiming the money in the bank here. I will give you 15% of the total money if only I can use your account in transferring the money and you assisting me in investing the money in a lucrative business in your cxountry. I will forward all vital information as soon as I hear from you.
Regards.
Young Nana
+22507559583
N/B
Please forward your bank account details with your private contact telephone and fax numbers






I know this is a scam because i have heard of it before
Does anyone know how you can track the person behind this down so he doesn't scam any other people??

Please help
 
Whatever you do, DO NOT REPLY....and Obviously, Don't give your bank details...you will find your balance goto $0 before you can say ''ive been scammed''
 
Other post taken care of, infraction given.

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If you REALLY want to "track down" the spammer, you need to reveal your headers. Its in options if your using hotmail. But you also have to know how to read the headers.
sample header:

Received: from server1.bonte-online.com ([72.3.245.96]) by bay0-mc11-f6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2444); Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:14:36 -0800
Received: from server1.bonte-online.com (localhost [127.0.0.1])by server1.bonte-online.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l0GAEBhZ012017for <underworld_connection@hotmail.com>; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:14:11 -0600
Received: (from apache@localhost)by server1.bonte-online.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id l0GAEBk1012015;Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:14:11 -0600
X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt0YyaQt9PBghN0fwHwFMJ7PplULjrRey74=
X-Mailer: PHP/4.3.11
Return-Path: apache@server1.bonte-online.com
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 16 Jan 2007 10:14:36.0434 (UTC) FILETIME=[1FF38720:01C73957]

As i said, its pretty complicated reading it, and sometimes the spammer doesn't make any mistakes when (or if) he edits the header. in other words, dont try it. Because the spammer/scammer can just change addresses, and continue hitting you. Just block.
 
I saw the guys on dateline or whatever show it was go after one of these scammers. Pretty cool how it went down. And it seemed like a lot of trouble to do.
 
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