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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • felixmartinss@mail333.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • felixmartins@mail333.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FELIX MARTINS" <felixmartins333@UniFish.de>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:32:21 -0500
Subject: Please I Need A Trustworthy Person.

Please I Need A Trustworthy Person.

FROM THE DESK OF: FELIX MARTINS
ECOBANK GHANA LTD.
19, SEVENTH AVE., RIDGE (WEST)
PRIVATE MAIL BAG, GENERAL POST OFFICE
ACCRA - GHANA
PLS SEND REPLY TO MY PRIVATE BOX :felixmartinss@mail333.com

Dear respectful one,

I Am FELIX MARTINS, a Manager in the Bills and Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department Of One of the Leading Banks in Ghana. I Am Writing
This Letter to Ask For Your Support And Cooperation to Carry Out This
Business Opportunity in My Department.

We Discovered an Abandoned Sum of $US$51,000,000.00(Fifty _One Million Us
Dollars) In an Account That Belongs To One Of Our Foreign Customers Who
Died Along With His Entire Family A Wife And Two Children in November 1999
in an Auto Crash. Since We Heard Of His Death, We Have Been Expecting His
Next-Of-Kin To Come Over and Put Claims for His Money as the Heir, Because
We Cannot Release The Fund from His Account Unless Someone Applies For Claim
As The Next-Of-Kin to the Deceased As Indicated In Our Banking Guidelines.
Unfortunately, Neither Their Family Member or Distant Relative Has Ever
appeared To Claim The Said Fund. It Is In Our Banking Guideline That If None
Of the Relatives Come Up To Claim This Fund after 6years of the Death of the
Late Customer, the Fund Will Be Regarded As an Unclaimed Bill and Will Be
Transferred To the Banks Treasury Account.

Upon This Discovery, I and Other Officials in My Department Have Agreed To
Make Business with You and Release the Total Amount into Your Account As The
Heir of the Fund since No One Came For It Or Discovered He Maintained
Account with Our Bank, Otherwise the Fund Will Be Returned To the Banks
Treasury as Unclaimed Fund.
We Have Agreed That Our Ratio Of Sharing Will Be As Stated Thus;30 % For You
As Foreign Partner,65 % For Us The Officials In My Department And 5 % For
The Settlement Of All Local And Foreign Expenses Incurred By Us And You
During The Course Of This Business.
Upon The Successful Completion Of This Transfer, I And One Of My Colleagues
Will Come To Your Country And Mind Our Share. It Is From Our 75% We Intend
To Import Agricultural Machineries Into My Country As a Way Of Recycling The
Fund. To Commence This Transaction, We Require You to Immediately Indicate.
You’re Interest by A Return E-Mail with the Following Information:
1) Your Private Telephone and Fax Number
2. Your Full Name
Upon The Receipt of This, I Will In turn Get Back to You and Give You The
Modalities for the Bank to Approve You as the Next Of Kin.Note Also, This
Transaction Must Be Kept Because Of Its Nature.I Look Forward To Receiving
Your Prompt Response.

YOUR ROLE:
All I Need From You Is To Stand As The Beneficiary Of The Above Quoted Sum
And I Will Re-Profile The Funds With Your Name, Which Will Enable The Bank
Transfer The Sum To You. I Have Decided To Use This Sum To Relocate To
American Continent And As Soon As I Confirm Your Readiness To Conclude The
Transaction With Me, I Will Provide You With The Details. Please Reach Me
Through This Email:felixmartins@mail333.com

Best Regards
FELIX MARTINS

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