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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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• 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.
  • +447040111935 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "P.Bank plc Director" <bridgetmacaskill@prudentialbanksplc.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:31:09 +0000
Subject: Did you ask Mark Ferguson to act on your behalf?

This email and any files transmitted with it are
confidential and intended solely for the addressee. If
you are not the named addressee you should not
disseminate, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any
views or opinions presented in this email are solely
those of the author {the Bank}:Although, Prudential
Bank Group Finance Director has taken every reasonable
precautions to ensure no viruses are present in the
email, Prudential Bank cannot accept responsibility
for any loss, customers or customer's negligence, any
document postage, attachments or
damage arising from the use of this email.
Mr. PHILIP BROADLEY.
Group Finance Director,
Prudential Bank plc London
Laurence Pountney,
Hill London EC4R 0HH
+44 704 011 1935
E-mail: philipbroadley@prudentialbanksplc.com
E-mail: bridgetmacaskill@prudentialbanksplc.com
VITAL INFORMATION.
Attention: from the Director Prudential Bank Plc
London,

Be notified that the Group Finance Director Prudential
Bank Plc London {My Boss} is wary complaining and
questioned the retional behind a purported claimant's
{you} staying more than necessary before
communicating to the Office of the Prudential Banks
Plc London, which holds custody's of the your late
relation's deposited Fund's, here in England.

As a matter of urgency there is the need you quickly
reach out to the Office of the Prudential Bank for a
clearer update of the present situation of your late
relation's Estate as was made deposited with
Prudential Bank and as contained in the Prudential
Banks Files/computed programmes.
The Bank should not be held responsible should
anything happends to your late relation's deposited
Fund's as a result of your long silence towards it
claim's.
While I await to hear from you, did you ask One Mr.
Mark Ferguson to represent you with regards to your
late relation's deposited Fund's claim's
being transfer out of the Prudential Banks Custody's?
Did you mandate him to submit a Bank Account
information towards transfering your late relation's
deposited Fund's to Taiwan, Asia?
please, ascertain whom Mr Mark Ferguson is, so that
the Office of the Prudential Bank would not be held
responsible once the Fund's is already transferred to
his Asian Bank information.

My Boss concern is this: Why is it that the Office of
the Group Finance Director of the Prudential Bank Plc
London could not trace the Office of the said Mr. Mark
Ferguson {here in London} using his complete contact
information that he rightly submitted to the Bank?
There is the need you urgently clarify concerns
interest to the Bank by providing your following
contact for proper clarifications and update.

i} Send to my Office, your complete name and
surname...............................................
ii} Send to my Office, your complete Contact
Address...............................................
iii} Send to my Office, your personal Phone/Fax
Numbers...............................................

Prudential Bank Office await to receive the stated
Items from you, to enable My Boss personally reach out
to you by fax/a direct voice talk.
Best regards,
Bridget Macaskill
www.prudential.co.uk
http://www.prudential.co.uk/prudentialplc/media_home/boardofdirectors/





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