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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.
  • winlip_231@yahoo.co.nz
  • winlip_231@yahoo.co.nz

Fraud email example:

From: "Wim Lipman" <wim_lipman12@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:56:18 +0000
Subject: HSBC Republic Bank(Suisse)SAGeneva Switzerland


ATTN:PARTNER.
My name is Mr WIM LIPMAN a
member of Independent
Committee of Eminent
Persons
(ICEP), Switzerland. ICEP is
charged with the responsibility of
finding bank
accounts in
Switzerland belonging to
non-Swiss indigenes, which have
remained dormant
since World War
II. It may interest you to know
that in July of 1997, the Swiss
Banker'sAssociation
published a list of dormant
accounts originally opened
bynon-Swiss citizens.
These
accounts had been dormant
since the end of World War II
(May 9, 1945).Most
belonged to
Holocaust victims. The
continuing efforts of the
Independent Committee of
Eminent
Persons(ICEP) have since
resulted in the discovery of
additional dormant
accounts
-54,000 in December, 1999. The
published lists contain all types
of dormant
accounts,
including interest-bearing
savings accounts, securities
accounts, safe
deposit boxes,
custody accounts, and
non-interest-bearing transaction
accounts. Numbered
accounts are
also included. Interest is paid on
accounts that were interest
bearing when
established.
The Claims Resolution Tribunal
(CRT) handles processing of all
claimson
accounts due
non-Swiss citizens. A dormant
account of ORDNER ADELE with
a credit balance
of
45,000,000 US dollar plus
accumulated interest was
discovered by me. The
beneficiary was
murdered during the holocaust
era, Leaving no WILL and no
possible records
for trace of
heirs. The Claims Resolution
Tribunal has been mandated to
report all
unclaimed funds for
permanent closure of accounts
and transfer of existing credit
balance into
the treasury of
Switzerland government as
provided by the law for
management of assets of
deceased
beneficiaries who died interstate
(living no wills). Being a top
executive
at ICEP, I have
all secret details and necessary
contacts for claim of the funds
without any
hitch. The
funds will be banked in the
Holland Or London, being a safe
haven for funds
and we can share
the funds and use in investment
of our choice.Due to the sensitive
nature of
my job,
I need a foreigner to HELP claim
the funds. All that is required is
for you
to provide me
with your details for processing
of the necessary legal and
administrative
claim
documents for transfer of the
funds to you. Kindly provide me
with your full
name,
address, and telephone/fax.I will
pay all required fees to ensure
that the
fund is
transferred to a secure,
numbered account in your name
in the Holland Or
London, of which
you will be capable of accessing
the funds gradually and
transferring to
your country and
other banks of choice in the
world. My share will be
60%percent and your
share is 40%
percent of the total amount.
THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED.
You can find
additional information
about unclaimed funds through
the internet at the following
websites:
www.swissbankclaims.com
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/euro
pe/9902/09/germany.holocaust/
www.avotaynu.com
www.icheic.org
www.livingheirs.com
www.wiesenthal.com
The Holocaust Claims
Processing Office has put funds
in Escrow awaiting
submission of
valid claims for necessary
disbursement. I find myself
priviledged to have
this
information and this may be a
great opportunity for a life time
of success
without
risks. Due to security reasons,
reply to my via email only. You
may reply to
me securely
on through this email address
(winlip_231@yahoo.co.nz)
your urgent
response to this proposal
via my email address. Thank you
for your prompt response. Again
reply to my
confidential mail box ASAP
winlip_231@yahoo.co.nz
My Regards
MR WIM LIPMAN.
HSBC Republic Bank(Suisse)SAGeneva Switzerland.

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