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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447035954953 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • pioneer1221@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: William Harvey Research Institute. <pioneer1221@googlemail.com>
Date: 16 Dec 2008 19:28:15 -0500
Subject: Employment............William Harvey Research Institute.

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William Harvey Research Institute

Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry

John Vane Building

Charterhouse Square

London

EC1M 6BQ



Hello ,

My Boss and his fellow collaborators have been researching into possible ways

to create Immunity to the HIV Virus, so far his research has made significant

contributions to our understanding of immunity to infection, inflammation and to

fundamental Immunology with the result that he has been elected to serve as a member of the MRC

College of Experts (2005-2009).



We have donors who have been making generous donations to the Institute for the

development of this research. Due to intensive research work, lack of available

time and different forms of donations,from our American and European donors, we

hereby need a collector in your

country who would act as a representative, collecting payments on our behalf.



Note: that your commission for being our representativeis 10% per payment

received and cashed. If you are interested in working

with us, reply with the following details:



Full Names:

Address:

City:

Country:

Age:

Present Occupation:

Telephone(s)

Question (Have you done this before): YES / NO



After two months of working with us, you would be invited on an all expense

paid trip to our Institute to see the progress of our Research.

Thank you very much..



NOTE : YOUR PREFFERED MODE OF COMMUNICATION EITHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL.





Best Regards,



Mr William Parker

William Harvey Research Institute uk

Phone # : (+44) 703-595-4953

E-mail :pioneer1221@googlemail.com

http://www.whri.qmul.ac.uk

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