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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • project_charitable@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAVID WATSON <project_charitablegroup@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: project_charitable@myway.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:37:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Let us share ideas and Help the needy.


Dear Friend,

I am Sir David Watson a Vice Chancellor of the University of Brighton (formerly Brighton Polytechnic) from 1990 and currently a member of the Board of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and chair the Advisory Committee for the Foundation’s Review of Education and Training 14 - 19. I do work with nonprofit voluntary organization founded by young professionals from Urban/Rural Development, Information Technology, Agriculture, Finance and Management to help the needy with its Innovative and Unique ideology to provide sustainable programmes to the needy people on issues like Health/Sanitation, Women & child welfare, Income generation, and education. Strides would primarily work with people living in and around the city slums on various issues such as Awareness campaigns, policies, provisions of the Government, available facilities of Health, Education and Income generation by providing technical support and creating alternative systems of income on less
privileged, refugees drop out etc...

We can be friends and exchange our understanding and initiatives in our fields of Endeavour. I am very friendly, charming, open minded, easy going and funny person!!! I love traveling and have been in Australia, Italy, France, Singapore, Thailand, Mexico, China and USA, As you can see, I always have a tight schedule even for my personal activities and exposure in this projects over the years, there is some organisations I have came to associated with, who are always ready to assist some ngos through my recommendation, so I will love us to handle this projects together by you acting as my agent/affiliate. Your duties will be to be receiving donations or materials from them, there after you will to distribute it according to my advise you to difference location. Ofcourse I will also tell you what to keep for yourself once you received. I can place you on 10% on every donations that passed through you. If this understanding is ok by you, let me know so we can start something
for good. We can be working as friends and sharing our ideas and links together to achieve our aim. I think it a good idea.
If you are interested in this charitable projects,We will be very glad. There will be no financial obligation required From you in this project.

Please contact us via email: for more information. Subject to your Satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to Negotiate your mode of which I will pay for your services as part of our contribution to your jobs. Please if you are interested forward to us your
Phone/fax number and your full contact addresses.

Full Names:`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Company Name(if available):~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Full Contact Addresses:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Phone number:~~~~~~~~~~~
Fax:~~~~~~~~~~~
Location:~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Age:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Occupation:~~~~~~~~~~~~

Attn: futher informations you could forward your
details to:
Sir David Watson
28 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3JS
EMAIL-REPLY TO:project_charitable@myway.com


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