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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • bruno100lambert@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • bruno100lambert@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bruno Lambert <bruno@ibatam.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:37:13 +0200
Subject: YOUR REPONSE IS NEEDED!!!


Good Day,
Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your
business or personal ethics.
I will first introduce myself as Mr. Bruno Lambert, a staff in the Private
Clients Section of a well-known bank, here in Mabella, Spain.
One of our accounts, with holding balance of $15,000,000 (Fifteen Million
United States Dollars) has been dormant and last operated three years ago. From
my investigations and confirmation, the owner of the said account, a
foreigner by name John Shumejda died on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane
crash in Birmingham; you can view this CNN website
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/ for details on the
crash.
Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this
money, as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the
existence of either the account or the funds.
I have confidently discussed this issue with some of the bank officials
and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We
therefore propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin
of these funds from the deceased and funds released to you after necessary
processes have been
followed.
This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or
any other illegal act.
On your interest, let me hear from you URGENTLY contact me via this mail
bruno100lambert@aim.com.
Warm Regards,
Mr. Dan Murray.
bruno100lambert@aim.com

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