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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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  • mrslstrd@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "estrada family" <estra_family@msn.com>
Reply-To: loi_estra22@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:59:49 +0000
Subject: REPRESENTATIVE NEEDED

Dearest,
Difficulties encountered in efforts to establish a business abroad
necessitate this search for someone to assist me in securing and
investing the sum of USD45, 000,000 (forty-five million dollars)
deposited in an escrow account in my name with a finance management
company
in Europe. By way of summarized profile of myself, I am
Senator Luisa Pimentel Estrada, a 74years old lady and the first wife
of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (former head of state and President of
Philippines) who is presently held in detention in a hospital outside
manilla, Philippines.This money are in bonds and was kept in an escrow
account of
the finance company for safe keeping and I have all documents with me
as of when it was deposited with the firm. However, the current
administration of Gloria Arroyo (The President of Philippines) is
seeking the death of my husband. In pursuit of this vendetta, the
present Government have resolved to freeze all known assets of Joseph
Ejercito Estrada including properties at home and abroad and
are presentl yembarking on to seize the various bank accounts of my
Husband in Switzerland, UK and Australia. In fact, the attack on our
family
(The Estrada's) is so devastated to an extent of seizing our traveling
passport,family accounts, trying some members of our family in court
for offences allegedly committed by my Husband and even restrict us
from
seeing my husband. My son was released from detention on the agreement
to
refund $1.5 million to the Government of Philippines allegedly stolen
by my
Husband. You can find this on;
http://latelinenews.com/ps/english/29432.shtml
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2001/0129/cove
r1.htmlhttp://www.estrada.com We are not ready to comply with this as
most of the family assets and bank accounts abroad have been frozen by
the
Arroyo regime. In view of this grievous threat to our Economic and
personal survival, our family trustee have secretly protected the
deposit, you are to assist us to contact the Finance company in Europe
to lay claims of the funds with the aid of legal documents that will be
forwarded to you. In other to facilitate the transfer of the funds, you
would be required to open a non residential transit account with your
company
name with the finance company if you are not residing in the country
where the finance company is located. In the meantime, there is
a traveling embargo on the family members and our local accounts are
seized as well as our telephone lines have been bugged. For this
reason, telephone conversation will not be an ideal means of
communication
because ourcalls will be recorded. We are currently being catered for
by
the Government of Philippines in other to monitor andcontrol our
financial
activities. We cannot be held responsible for the sins of my Husband.
In
view of this plight, I expect you to be trustworthy andkind enough to
respond to this distressed call to save our family from a hopeless
future.
And if you agree to help, we shall discuss thedisbursement ratio in our
next
correspondence after we have
been acquainted. To summarize this traumatic story, I have decided to
offer 20% of the above sum to anyone who assists us to secure these
funds
overseas or 30% share for possible help on investing in
any reliable venture. If you would want to proceed under these terms,
please
reply for detailed information. If you do not accept my offer, please
in
good fate treat with utmost confidentiality.Please note that
email correspondence will be safer due to the fact that all our phone
lines have been bugged. pls contact me through these email address
mrslstrd@yahoo.co.uk
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Loi Estrada.

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