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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:
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • dr.mane1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dr.mane@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:25:30 +0200
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED


?




Hello,
My name is Dr.Ruben Mane, I am 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's
Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by
non-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 claims
on
accounts due non-Swiss citizens. A dormant account of Hami Ramzy with a
credit balance of 15,800,000 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 theirs. 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, London or Spain, being a safe 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. For
the fund to be transferred to a secure, numbered account in your name
and
country via any of the corresponding banks in London or Spain, 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 per cent 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.swissbankclaims.com>
<http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9902/09/germany.holocaust/>
www.avotaynu.com <http://www.avotaynu.com>
www.icheic.org <http://www.icheic.org>
www.livingheirs.com <http://www.livingheirs.com>
www.wiesenthal.com <http://www.wiesenthal.com>
The Holocaust Claims Processing Office has put funds in Escrow awaiting
submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement, I find myself
privileged
to have this information and this may be a great opportunity for a life
time of success without risks.
Thanking you in anticipation for your prompt response.
privet email address:dr.mane1@yahoo.com

Regards
Dr.Ruben Mane?

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